Note 375 — Chapter I · : SISMONDI AND THE ORIGINS OF THE CRITICAL SCHOOL

Ibid., p. 56. “Adam Smith recognised the fact that the science of government was largely experimental, that its real foundation lay in the history of various peoples, and that it is only by a judicious observation of facts that we can deduce the general principles. His immortal work is, indeed, the outcome of a philosophic study of the history of mankind.” Cf. also vol. i, pp. 47, 389.