So Man, who here seems principal alone,Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown.Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal,'This but a part we see, and not a whole.

So Man, who here seems principal alone,Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown.Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal,'Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before,Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more.

The pride of aiming at more knowledge, and pretending to more perfection, is the cause of Man's error and misery.

T is true,t is certain; man though dead retains, Part of himself: the immortal mind remains.

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.