All Nature Is But Art, Unknown To Thee; All Chance, Direction, Which Thou Canst Not See

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All nature is but art, unknown to thee;
All chance, direction, which thou canst not see;
All discord, harmony not understood;
All partial evil, universal good;
And spite of pride, in erring reason's spite,
One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- Essay on Man, Epistle i, Line 289

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