Pope, MORAL ESSAYS, Ep. i. line 115.

2.--Self-love is the greatest of flatterers.

3.--Whatever discoveries have been made in the
region of self-love, there remain many unexplored ter-
ritories there.

[This is the first hint of the system the author tries to
develope. He wishes to find in vice a motive for all our
actions, but this does not suffice him; he is obliged to call
other passions to the help of his system and to confound
pride, vanity, interest and egotism with self love. This
confusion destroys the unity of his principle.--AIME
MARTIN.]

4.--Self love is more cunning than the most cunning
man in the world.

5.--The duration of our passions is no more de-
pendant upon us than the duration of our life.
[Then what becomes of free will?--AIME MARTIN]

6.--Passion often renders the most clever man a
fool, and even sometimes renders the most foolish man
clever.

7.--Great and striking actions which dazzle the
eyes are represented by politicians as the effect of
great designs, instead of which they are commonly