Friday, October 17, 2025

 

The Mean

Alexander Pope (1688-1744), "The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated," lines 67-70:
Papist or Protestant, or both between,
Like good Erasmus in an honest mean,
In moderation placing all my glory,
While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 5:25 PM


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