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Quotation from An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope
“But vindicate the ways of God to man.”
An Essay on Man, Epistle I, line 16 (Gutenberg #2428: An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires, ed. Henry Morley (Cassell's National Library, 1891))
The poem's stated purpose, echoing Milton.
Citation: "But vindicate the ways of God to man." — Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man, Epistle I, line 16 (Gutenberg #2428: An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires, ed. Henry Morley (Cassell's National Library, 1891)). (id an-essay-on-man-q2)
