Adam Ferguson Quotes
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Like the winds that we come we know not whence and blow whither soever they list, the forces of society are derived from an obscure…
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Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations…
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The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and…
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In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many.
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The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning.
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
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