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...Does not every man that breathes, live under the influence of two principles. In the words of Pope, Two principles in human nature reign, Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain.* Or, as Swift more familiarly expresses it, the flesh and the spirit are engaged through life in a ceaseless...

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...NOTES. Then see how little the remaining sum, Which serv'd the past, and must the times to come ! II. Two Principles in human nature reign ; Self-love, to urge, and Reason, to restrain ; Ver. 53. Tico Principles, &c.] The Poet having shewn the difficulty which attends the study of Man,...

...179. Then see how little the remaining sum, Which serv'd the past, and must the times to come ! II. Two Principles in human nature reign ; Self-love, to urge, and Reason, to restrain ; NOTES. Ver. 53. Two Principles, &c.] The Poet having shewn the difficulty which attends the study...

...her dominion over the whole mass of mankind, but over the nature of each individual. Pope has said, " Two principles in human nature reign, Self-love to urge, and Reason to restrain." These apparently separate elements are shewn to be one and the same. Yet (it is objected) some persons...

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...And glow through heaven with intenser ray, As planets, suns, and systems shall decay. THE CONTRAST. 'Two principles in human nature reign, Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain." — POPE. FROM the same source the acts of mortals spring, So nature teaches, and the minstrels sing:...

...Self-love is the mainspring of all human actions, honourable or dishonourable, laudable or despicable : " Two principles in human nature reign : Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain." The Supreme has wisely bristled all mortal enjoyments with obstacles, necessary to check, if not sufficient...