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Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled,
Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head!
Philosophy, that lean'd on Heav'n before,
Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more.
Physic of Metaphysic begs defence,
And Metaphysic calls for aid on Sense!
See Mystery to Mathematics fly!
Citation: 
In J. R. Newman (ed.) The World of Mathematics, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956.
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