Then the pride and boredom of man will understand. Its actions, its passions, its being, its use and its end Why do, suffer, check, push and why. This hour a slave, the next a deity. So don't say man is imperfect, heaven is at fault. Say rather that man is as perfect as he should be: his knowledge is measured according to his state and his place. Essay on Man: in Four Epistles to Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke by Pope, Alexander. , 1688-1744. Publication Publisher Troy, NY: Merriam, Moore Collection cdl americana Contributor University of California Libraries Language English ยท 10 - 08:04