Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature …

Alexander Pope
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Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God. ✨ 'An Essay on Man' Epistle 4 (1734) l. 331
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Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God. ✨ 'An Essay on Man' Epistle 4 (1734) l. 331

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