Mirror of Literature,  8 (1826), 83–85.

The Character, Nature, and Power of Man

A B C

Genre:

Essay

Subjects:

Human Species, Machinery


    The essay begins with Alexander Pope's conclusion 'all our knowledge is ourselves to know' (83), and discusses the subject broadly. At one point the writer observes: 'Man, taken as a whole, is a wonderful and singular machine. His powers [...] are capable of gaining for him that which he is all his life endeavouring to establish, and ultimately dies without' (84).



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