"The great judge of the world, has, for the wisest reasons, thought proper to interpose, between the weak eye of reason, and the throne of his eternal justice, a degree of obscurity and darkness, which though it does not intirely cover the great tribunal from the view of mankind, yet renders the impression of it faint and feeble in comparison of what might be expected from the grandeur and importance of so might an object."
The Theory of Moral Sentiments [2nd ed.]
9 entries in the ESTC (1761, 1764, 1767, 1774, 1777, 1781, 1790, 1792, 1793, 1797).<br>
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Text from <u>The Theory of Moral Sentiments. By Adam Smith, Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow.</u> 2nd ed. (London: Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand; and A. Kincaid and J. Bell, in Edinburgh, 1761). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T204238">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=bZhZAAAAcAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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Reading Adam Smith, <u>The Theory of Moral Sentiments</u>, ed. D.D. Raphael and A.L. Macfie (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1984).