AN ESSAY ON MAN. EPISTLE III. I. HERE then we rest : «< The Universal Cause >> >> Acts to one end, but acts by various laws. But most be present, if we preach or pray. Look round our World, behold the chain of Love Combining all below and all above. See plastic Nature working to this end, The single atoms each to other tend, Form'd and impell'd its neighbour to embrace. www SUR L'HOMME. wwwwwww ÉPITRE TROISIÈME. I. NE l'oublions jamais : dans ce vaste système, Les moyens sont divers; mais le but est le même. See Matter next, with various life endu'd, Press to one centre still, the gen'ral Good. See dying vegetables life sustain, See life dissolving vegetate again : All forms that perish other forms supply, (By turns we catch the vital breath, and die ) They rise, they break, and to that sea return. Has God, thou fool! work'd solely for thy good, Vois toute la nature insensible ou vivante, Rien n'est indépendant; une main souveraine La bête vit pour l'Homme, et l'Homme pour la bête; |