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  2. An Essay on Man - Wikipedia

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    Rousseau also critiqued the work, questioning "Pope's uncritical assumption that there must be an unbroken chain of being all the way from inanimate matter up to God". [8] The essay, written in heroic couplets, comprises four epistles. Pope began work on it in 1729, and had finished the first three by 1731.

  3. An Essay on Criticism - Wikipedia

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    Frontispiece. An Essay on Criticism is one of the first major poems written by the English writer Alexander Pope (1688–1744), published in 1711. It is the source of the famous quotations "To err is human; to forgive, divine", "A little learning is a dang'rous thing" (frequently misquoted as "A little knowledge is a dang'rous thing"), and "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread".

  4. Saxton Pope - Wikipedia

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    Saxton Temple Pope (September 4, 1875 – August 8, 1926) was an American doctor, teacher, author and outdoorsman. He is most famous as the father of modern bow hunting , and for his close relationship with Ishi , the last member of the Yahi tribe and the last known American Indian to be raised largely isolated from Western culture.

  5. Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? - Wikipedia

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    forms line 308 of the "Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot" in which Alexander Pope responded to his physician's word of caution about making satirical attacks on powerful people by sending him a selection of such attacks. It appears in a section on the courtier John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, who was close to Queen Caroline and was one of Pope's bitterest ...

  6. Template:Quotation templates - Wikipedia

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    {{Quotation templates}} This template's initial visibility currently defaults to autocollapse , meaning that if there is another collapsible item on the page (a navbox, sidebar , or table with the collapsible attribute ), it is hidden apart from its title bar; if not, it is fully visible.

  7. Regensburg lecture - Wikipedia

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    The Pope maintained that the comment he had quoted did not reflect his own views. His statement has been included as a footnote in the official text of the lecture available at Vatican website: In the Muslim world, this quotation has unfortunately been taken as an expression of my personal position, thus arousing understandable indignation. I ...

  8. Template:Quote frame - Wikipedia

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    insert description here Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Quoted material 1 String required Author 2 String optional Title 3 String optional Publication 4 Use <ref>and {{Cite book}} etc. String optional Alignment align Alignment of the quote box on the page—left center / none. Defaults to none alignment. Suggested values left center right none String ...

  9. Christus vivit - Wikipedia

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    Christus vivit (Christ is alive) is a post-synodal apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis, written in response to the Fifteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, on young people, faith and vocational discernment, held from 3 to 28 October 2018. The exhortation is addressed "to young people and to the entire people of God".