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part iii

. sect. 2, memb. 5, subsect. 5._

[165-3] Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes; Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel.

POPE: _Essay on Man, ep. i. line 125._

[165-4] There are some remedies worse than the disease.--PUBLIUS SYRUS: _Maxim 301._

[166-1] Who are a little wise the best fools be.--DONNE: _Triple Fool._

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery; but depth in that study brings him about again to our religion.--FULLER: _The Holy State. The True Church Antiquary._

A little learning is a dangerous thing.--POPE: _Essay on Criticism,