Why teach the children of the poor to read,
That a new race of doubters may succeed?
Now can you scarcely rule the stubborn crew,
And what if they should know as much as you?
Will a man labour when to learning bred, 140
Or use his hands who can employ his head?
Will he a clerk or master’s self obey,
Who thinks himself as well-inform’d as they?”
These were his favourite subjects—these he chose,
And where he ruled no creature durst oppose.