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Be silent always, when you doubt your sense; And speak, though sure, with seeming diffidence: Some positive persisting fops we know, Who, if once wrong will needs be always so; But you, with pleasure, own your errors past, And make each day a critique on the last. BE SILENT ALWAYS WHEN YOU DOUBT YOUR SENSE AND SPEAK THUS SURE WITH SEEMING DEFENCE SOME POSITIVE PERSISTENT FOLKS WE KNOW WHO IF ONCE WRONG WILL NEEDS BE ALWAYS SO BUT YOU WITH PLEASURE ON YOUR ARROWS PAST AND MAKE IT DAY A CRITICS ON THE LAST
n, [544] Did all the dregs of bold Socinus drain, [545] Then unbelieving priests reformed the nation. And taught more pleasant methods of salvation; Where Heaven's free subjects might their rights dispute, Lest God himself should seem too absolute: Pulpits their sacred satire learned to spare, And vice admired to find a flatterer there! Encouraged thus, wit's Titans braved the skies, [552] And the press groaned with licensed blasphemies. These monsters, critics! with your darts engage, Here point your thunder, and exhaust your rage! Yet shun their fault, who, scandalously nice, Will needs mistake an author into vice; All seems infected that the infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye. * * * * * PART III. Learn, then, what morals critics ought to show, For 'tis but half a judge's task to know. 'Tis not enough, taste, judgment, learning, join; In all you speak, let truth and candor shine: That not alone what to your sense is due All may allow, but seek your friendship too.  PART THREE OF AN A SE ON CRITICISM BY ELECTOR POPE THIS LUBRAX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN LEARN THEN WHAT MORAL CRITICS OUGHT TO SHOW BUT TIS BUT HALF A JUDGE'S TASK TO KNOW TIS NOT ENOUGH TASTE JUDGMENT LEARNING JOIN IN ALL YOU SPEAK LET TRUTH AND CANDOUR SHINE THAT NOT ALONE WHAT TO YOUR SENSES DUE ALL MAY ALLOW BUT SEEK YOUR FRIENDSHIP TOO
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