John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2469 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2469 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 22. |
| Note 1. But vindicate the ways of God to man.—Alexander Pope: Essay on Man, epistle i. line 16. [back] |