506 ADAM SMITH. 



DR. BLACK TO ADAM SMITH. 



" Though I sit down to write to you upon another account, 

 I cannot help expressing the pleasure and satisfaction I fre- 

 quently meet with in hearing the opinions of good judges 

 concerning your book. I most heartily rejoice in the prospect 

 of the additional credit and reputation which you cannot 

 miss to gain by it, and which must increase as long as you 

 live; for I have no doubt that the views you have given of 

 many parts of your subject will be found by experience to be 

 as just as they are new and interesting. And although it be 

 admired immediately by discerning and impartial judges, it 

 will require more time before others who are not so quick- 

 sighted, or wliose minds are w r arped by prejudice or interest, 

 can understand and relish such a comprehensive system, 

 framed with such just and liberal sentiments." 



