Words that Made American History: Colonial times to the 1870'sRichard Nelson Current, John Arthur Garraty Little, Brown, 1965 - United States [1] Colonial times to the 1870's.--[2] Since the Civil War. |
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Page 147
... authority to take it away ; and as such authority is essential to government , this argument seems very decidedly to prove , not only that government did not originate in any compact , but also that it was originally from God ...
... authority to take it away ; and as such authority is essential to government , this argument seems very decidedly to prove , not only that government did not originate in any compact , but also that it was originally from God ...
Page 356
... authority to invoke , and may ter- minate all controversies in reference to the subject , by granting or with- holding the right in contest . Its authority is acknowledged by all ; and to deny or resist it , would be , on the part of ...
... authority to invoke , and may ter- minate all controversies in reference to the subject , by granting or with- holding the right in contest . Its authority is acknowledged by all ; and to deny or resist it , would be , on the part of ...
Page 377
... authority , and he regards it as a contract to which he is himself a party . In the United States , then , that numerous and turbulent multitude does not exist which always looks upon the law as its natural enemy , and ac- cordingly ...
... authority , and he regards it as a contract to which he is himself a party . In the United States , then , that numerous and turbulent multitude does not exist which always looks upon the law as its natural enemy , and ac- cordingly ...
Contents
JONATHAN EDWARDS The Puritan View | 19 |
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The Practical Life 32 2222 | 32 |
JOHN WOOLMAN The Humanitarian Spirit | 50 |
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