Nature, the Vicar of the Almightie Lord.

—Chaucer, "The Assembly of Foules."

All Nature is but art, unknown to thee;

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see;

All discord, harmony not understood;

All partial evil, universal good;

And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite,

One truth is clear, whatever is, is right.

—Pope, "Essay on Man."