1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- People : ---------------------------------- Author : Adam Ferguson : An Essay on the History of Civil Society Text : ---------------------------------- ...with aristocracy... No merits or defects can raise or sink a person from one class to the other. The only effect of personal character is, to procure to the individual a suitable degree of consideration with his own order, not to vary his rank. From : Part 1, Section X. Events : ---------------------------------- 1 -- Added : April 09, 2020 1 -- Updated : July 04, 2022 About This Textfile : ---------------------------------- Text file generated from : http://RevoltSource.com/