In which text do these lines occur? 'Of all the causes which conspire to blind / Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, / What the weak head with strongest bias rules, / Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.'
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Correct answer: A. An Essay on Criticism
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Pope, An Essay on Criticism (1711), Part II, ll. 201–04: pride is the first cause of bad critical judgment.
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