So they believe, because they so were bred.

The priest continues what the nurse began,

And thus the child imposes on the man.

The rest I named before, nor need repeat;

But interest is the most prevailing cheat,

The sly seducer both of age and youth;

They study that, and think they study truth.

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When interest fortifies an argument, }

Weak reason serves to gain the will's assent; }