The history of mankind is confined within a limited period,… - Adam Ferguson

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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.

Adam Ferguson

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Adam Ferguson (June 20, 1723 – 22 February 1816) was a Scottish moral philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment.

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Alternative Names: Ferguson of Raith • Adam Fergusson • Gentleman in the country

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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 stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.

Mankind have always wandered or settled, agreed or quarrelled, in troops and companies.

Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.

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