In his poem, An Essay on Criticism, Alexander Pope, an English poet, gives us an eternal statement that has stood the test of time in a fast, continually changing world. “Good-nature and good-sense must ever join. To err is human; to forgive, divine,” writes Pope in his poem published in 1711.
Like you might have assumed in the past, for many, before a few minutes ago, this statement isn’t from the Bible or from a pastor, but hardly can anyone fault the premise on which it was based and its philosophical import. Pope, meanwhile, was just a layman who had neither the opportunity to attend Oxford nor Cambridge.
I have, however, been thinking lately that a few of our National Assembly members, who might have heard or read this statement countless times, might not understand its meaning and implication either. Former Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, a former labour
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