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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... majority have a right to act and conclude the rest . For , when any number of men have , by the consent of every individual , made a community , they have thereby made that community one body , with a power to act as one body , which is ...
... majority have a right to act and conclude the rest . For , when any number of men have , by the consent of every individual , made a community , they have thereby made that community one body , with a power to act as one body , which is ...
Page 145
... majority today might be the minority tomorrow , and , of course , that which is now fixed might and would be soon unfixed . Mr. Locke indeed says that , " by consenting with others to make one body - politic under gov- ernment , a man ...
... majority today might be the minority tomorrow , and , of course , that which is now fixed might and would be soon unfixed . Mr. Locke indeed says that , " by consenting with others to make one body - politic under gov- ernment , a man ...
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... majority the natural hot - bed of aristocracy ? It is a part of the definition of this species of government , or rather of tyranny , that the smaller number governs the greater . It is true that a majority of States in the second ...
... majority the natural hot - bed of aristocracy ? It is a part of the definition of this species of government , or rather of tyranny , that the smaller number governs the greater . It is true that a majority of States in the second ...
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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