Quotation by

Alexander Pope

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Nature

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Alexander Pope is saying that children naturally find simple things like a rattle or a straw entertaining because of how they are made by nature. This shows that their happiness comes from small, basic pleasures rather than complex or expensive toys.

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