Sunday, September 13, 2020

Spiritual Quote of the Day (Alexander Pope, on Man’s Purposes and God’s)

In human works, though labour'd on with pain, 
A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain; 
In God's, one single can its end produce; 
Yet serves to second too some other use. 
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.”—English poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744), “An Essay on Man” (1734)



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