There is a conspicuous absence of that peculiar boundlessness of hope, that zealous impatience for the instant realisation and fruition of all the inspirations of philosophic intelligence, which carried others immediately around him so excessively far in the creed of Perfectibility. 'Liberty!
Morley contrasts Turgot's measured perspective on progress with the overly optimistic views of his contemporaries.
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