"I can form a just comparison between those great objects and the little objects around me, in no other way than by transporting myself, at least in fancy, to a different station, from whence I can survey both at nearly equal distances, and thereby form some judgment of their real proportions."
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).