If Parts Allure Thee, Think How Bacon Shin'd, The Wisest, Brightest, Meanest Of Mankind!

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If parts allure thee, think how Bacon shin'd,
The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind!
Or ravish'd with the whistling of a name,
See Cromwell, damn'd to everlasting fame!
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 281

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