"Know also
other people." But the sacred maxims of the author of
Christianity, "Do as you would be done by," and "Love your
neighbour as yourself," include all our duties of benevolence
and morality; and, if sincerely obeyed by all nations, would
a thousandfold multiply the present happiness of mankind.]

"Unbreathing wonder hush'd the adoring throng,
Froze the broad eye, and chain'd the silent tongue;
Mute was the wail of Want, and Misery's cry,
And grateful Pity wiped her lucid eye;
Peace with sweet voice the Seraph-form address'd,
And Virtue clasp'd him to her throbbing breast."

END OF CANTO III.

ORIGIN OF SOCIETY.

CANTO IV.

OF GOOD AND EVIL.

CONTENTS.

I. Few affected by Sympathy 1. Cruelty of War 11. Of brute animals,
Wolf, Eagle, Lamb, Dove, Owl, Nightingale 17. Of insects, Oestrus,
Ichneumon, Libellula 29. Wars of Vegetables 41. Of fish, the Shark,
Crocodile, Whale 55. The World a Slaughter-house 66. Pains from Defect
and from Excess of Stimulus 71. Ebriety and Superstition 77. Mania 89.
Association 93. Avarice, Imposture, Ambition, Envy, Jealousy 97.
Floods, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Famine 109. Pestilence 117. Pains from
Sympathy 123. II. Good outbalances Evil 135. Life combines inanimate
Matter, and produces happiness by Irritation 145. As in viewing a
Landscape 159. In hearing Music 171. By Sensation or Fancy in Dreams
183. The Patriot and the Nun 197. Howard, Moira, Burdett 205. By
Volition 223. Newton, Herschel 233. Archimedes, Savery 241. Isis,
Arkwright 253. Letters and Printing 265. Freedom of the Press 273. By
Association 291. Ideas of Contiguity, Resemblance, and of Cause and
Effect 299. Antinous 319. Cecilia 329. III. Life soon ceases, Births
and Deaths alternate 337. Acorns, Poppy-seeds, Aphises, Snails, Worms,
Tadpoles, Herrings innumerable 347. So Mankind 369. All Nature teems
with Life 375. Dead Organic Matter soon revives 383. Death is but a
change of Form 393. Exclamation of St. Paul 403. Happiness of the
World increases 405. The Phoenix 411. System of Pythagoras 417. Rocks
and Mountains produced by Organic Life 429. Are Monuments of past
Felicity 447. Munificence of the Deity 455. IV. Procession of Virgins
469. Hymn to Heaven 481. Of Chaos 489. Of Celestial Love 499. Offering
of Urania 517-524.

CANTO IV.

OF GOOD AND EVIL.

I. "HOW FEW," the MUSE in plaintive accents cries,
And mingles w