3283. Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke St. John. 1678-1751. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	3283
AUTHOR:	Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke St. John (1678–1751)
QUOTATION:	It is the modest, not the presumptuous, inquirer who makes a real and safe progress in the discovery of divine truths. One follows Nature and Nature’s God; that is, he follows God in his works and in his word. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Letter to Mr. Pope.
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.

Note 1.
Slave to no sect, who takes no private road,
But looks through Nature up to Nature’s God.
Alexander Pope: Essay on Man, epistle iv. line 331. [back]

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