“All are corrupt; there’s nothing to be seenIn court or town but aggravates my spleen.I fall into deep gloom and melancholywhen I survey the scene of human folly,finding on every hand base flattery,Injustice, fraud, self-interest, treachery…Ah, it’s too much; mankind has grown so base,I mean to break with the whole human race.” From 1666 “The…