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partial (n.)

partial (adj.)

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.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Essay on Man. Epistle i. Line 289.

To observations which ourselves we make,

We grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Moral Essays. Epistle i. Line 11.