Entitle me to take the chair

From Rousseau, Godwin, or Voltaire.

They are of most immense utility;

All tend to man’s perfectibility;

And if pursued, I dare to venture ye,

He’ll be an angel in a century.

Although St Pierre, a knowing chap,

Deserves a feather in his cap

For having boldly set his foot on

The foolish trash of Isaac Newton;[43]