9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- People : ---------------------------------- Author : Adam Ferguson : An Essay on the History of Civil Society Text : ---------------------------------- ...it were vain to flatter the monarch or his people. The first cannot bestow liberty, without raising a spirit, which may, on occasion, stand in opposition to his own designs; nor the latter receive this blessing, while they own that it is in the right of a master to give or to withhold it. From : Part 6, Section V. Events : ---------------------------------- 9 -- Added : April 07, 2020 9 -- Updated : July 04, 2022 About This Textfile : ---------------------------------- Text file generated from : http://RevoltSource.com/