"By consequence, the several stages of its future perfection and advancement will fundamentally arise from the treasury it retains of all its primitive ideas."
A Dissertation Upon Genius
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1755).<br>
<br>
See <u>A Dissertation Upon Genius: or, an Attempt to Shew, That the Several Instances of Distinction, and Degrees of Superiority in the Human Genius Are Not, Fundamentally, the Result of Nature, but the Effect of Acquisition. By William Sharpe</u>. (London: Printed for C. Bathurst, 1755). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N9787">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;