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32 upon fruits and pulse, which were abundantly produced; and when, as Virgil remarks—

7 Pope, in reference to the same period, observes:

8. Similar to this is the language of Thomson, in reference to the same period. Speaking of herbs, he says:

9. This primeval state of innocence and bliss, however, did not long continue. Man forsook the way of peace; and, by vainly assuming a knowledge at variance with the law of his God and his nature, he ate of forbidden food, and thus lost the image in which he had been created. He was therefore no longer a fit inhabitant of Paradise; but was driven into less