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 stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.
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An Essay on the History of Civil Society
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Original Citation
Ferguson, Adam. "Of the History of Policy and Arts." An Essay on the History of Civil Society. London: A. Millar & T. Caddel, 1767.
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Current Citation
Ferguson, Adam. "Of the History of Policy and Arts." Ferguson: An Essay on the History of Civil Society, edited by Fania Oz-Salzberger. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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