From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!zeppo!wheps!eagle!mhtsa!ihnss!ihuxv!lew Newsgroups: net.misc Title: proper quote Article-I.D.: ihuxv.160 Posted: Sun Jun 20 14:07:01 1982 Received: Tue Jun 22 01:37:18 1982 The proper quote is: Presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. It is from "An Essay on Man" by Alexander Pope. Louis Untermeyer in "A Golden Treasury of Great Poems" , after noting that Pope's reputation has suffered the vagaries of changing taste through the ages, states that "... the unlettered of all ages, unaware of the source, continue to quote him ..." Hmmm. Lew Mammel, Jr. - BTL Indian Hill