On the other hand, that condition of man which secures to him freedom in the exercise of all his rational faculties and at the same time places him beyond the reach of demagogues, tyrants, and mobs is best adapted to every species of improvement. Such a state of society is not to be found in Asia, Africa, or Europe. The two former are overspread with ignorance and despotism; the latter is agitated by an inveterate [stubborn] contest between the advocates of the old systems and the delirious projectors