5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- People : ---------------------------------- Author : Adam Ferguson : An Essay on the History of Civil Society Text : ---------------------------------- ...if... severities be applied to terminate the agitations of a free people...they tend merely to silence the voice of mankind... and will chain up the active virtues more than the restless disorders of men. From : Part 5, Section III. Events : ---------------------------------- 5 -- Added : June 29, 2020 5 -- Updated : July 04, 2022 About This Textfile : ---------------------------------- Text file generated from : http://RevoltSource.com/