Six Characters in Search of a Republic: Studies in the Political Thought of the American ColoniesRevised version of Part II of [the author's] Seedtime of the Republic. |
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... religious liberty that he had dimly perceived at Cambridge and was still groping for at Salem , Williams swept away , almost too impudently , a formidable barrier to political liberty ; at the same time , he furnished an object lesson ...
... religious liberty that he had dimly perceived at Cambridge and was still groping for at Salem , Williams swept away , almost too impudently , a formidable barrier to political liberty ; at the same time , he furnished an object lesson ...
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... religion ! Again we see the kinship in Mayhew's philosophy of things religious and political - of piety and patriotism , of private judgment and civil liberty , of impatience with speculating bishops and mistrust of overweening kings ...
... religion ! Again we see the kinship in Mayhew's philosophy of things religious and political - of piety and patriotism , of private judgment and civil liberty , of impatience with speculating bishops and mistrust of overweening kings ...
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... religion were other privileges Bland found imbedded in the Constitution . The first was essential because it ... Religious Dispute is the most Fierce and destructive of all others , to the peace and Happiness of Government . " X ...
... religion were other privileges Bland found imbedded in the Constitution . The first was essential because it ... Religious Dispute is the most Fierce and destructive of all others , to the peace and Happiness of Government . " X ...
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Apostle of Soul Liberty | 35 |
A Star of the First Magnitude | 79 |
Herald of Revolution | 116 |
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