.... . Whate'er the passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf, Not one will change his neighbor with himself. The learn'd is happy Nature to explore, The fool is...knows no more; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of Heaven. See the blind beggar dance, the cripple sing The sot...

...elements, antithesis is among the commonest and most effective of rhetorical devices. An example from Pope: "The learn'd is happy nature to explore, the fool is happy that he knows no more." CHIASMUS A heightener of dramatic or oratorical effect, chiasmus is the inversion in the second of...

...example: Whate'er the Passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf, Not one will change his neighbor with himself. The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is...he knows no more; The rich is happy in the plenty giv'n, 5 The poor contents him with the care of Heav'n. See the blind beggar dance, the cripple sing,...

...seen too oft, familiar with her face. We first endure, then pity, then embrace. 8902 An Essay on Man r fondest hopes is a regular feature of normal human life. 8903 An Essay on Man Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a...

...checking facility with 'instant' access. Readers might reflect on the words of Alexander Pope (1688-1744): The learn'd is happy nature to explore. The fool is happy that he knows no more. Alan W. Cuthbert Cambrige, UK February 1999 Instant Pharmacology is a book written by students, for...

...person gets too big to study, he is as big as he ever will be. — Herbert V. Prochnow The learned is happy, nature to explore, The fool is happy, that he knows no more. — Alexander Pope Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer — into selflessness...