# Pope — Unto This Last character guide

> Pope in Unto This Last by John Ruskin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Pope

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-qui-judicatis-terram

## Who they are

Mentioned as a poet or authority in passing.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/unto_this_last_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

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The Pope is briefly invoked by the narrator as a moral authority on wealth and poverty.

## In the story

### [III: Qui Judicatis Terram](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/unto_this_last_se/chapters/iii-qui-judicatis-terram)

Ruskin quotes Pope's lines about the mutual hatred of 'poor men of pelf' and the equal fate of the slave who digs and the slave who hides.

### [IV: Ad Valorem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/unto_this_last_se/chapters/iv-ad-valorem)

Quoted on the ruin of fortunes despite praiseworthy qualities.

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