condideram perfectum hominem; spectare superna mandaram totis conversum sensibus in me recto habitu celsoque situ et sublime tuentem; sed despexit humum seque inclinavit ad orbis divitias pepulitque meum de pectore numen.
I had created man perfect; I had bade him look at the things on high, turning towards me with all his thoughts, standing erect in upright posture and keeping his eyes on heaven; but he looked down on the ground, stooped to the worlds riches, and drove my divinity from his heart.
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