Note 3
THE FEDERALIST. No. LXXXV.
Hume’s Essays, vol. i., page 128: “The Rise of Arts and Sciences.”
…bor; time must bring it to perfection, and the feeling of inconveniences must correct the mistakes which they INEVITABLY fall into in their first trials and experiments.”[3] These judicious reflections contain a lesson of moderation to all the sincere lovers of the Union, and ought to put them upon their guard against hazarding anarchy, civil war, a perpetual alienation of the States from each other, and perhaps the military d…
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