The search for wisdom in precedent flourished as if naturally among a people whom foreign observers at a later date have praised especially for its reliance upon tradition rather than upon those wide general theories which claim universal validity.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The search for wisdom in precedent flourished as if naturally among a people whom foreign observers at a later date have praised especially for its reliance upon tradition rather than upon those wide general theories which claim universal validity." in the context of "David C. Douglas, 'The Development of English Medieval Scholarship between 1660 and 1730', Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 21 (1939), p. 32" to mean that wisdom is timeless.