Reference > Quotations > John Bartlett, comp. > Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. > 3283. Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke St. John
  PREVIOUS NEXT  
CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD · AUTHOR INDEX · CONCORDANCE INDEX
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.
 
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]
 

CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD · AUTHOR INDEX · CONCORDANCE INDEX
  PREVIOUS NEXT  
 
Loading
Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.
Shakespeare · Bible · Saints · Anatomy · Harvard Classics · Lit. History · Quotations · Poetry
© 1993–2013 Bartleby.com · [Top 150]