David Hume [ Philosophy ]
… and Agriculture, was then created in 1755. If Hume and his fellow select men were especially concerned with the improvement of Scotland in economics, politics, manners and taste, he also belonged to several convivial clubs such as … correct; at least I believe that, if I were to live twenty Years longer, I should never be able to give it any further Improvements.’ 8 8 . Letter to David Strahan, 8 June 1776, letter 525, The Letters of David Hume, Vol. II, 1766-1776, ed. …
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