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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Page 107
... body , would without question be inclined to administer their common affairs by their common judgment , and so must necessarily , to gratify that inclination , establish a democracy ; neither can it be rationally imagined that fathers ...
... body , would without question be inclined to administer their common affairs by their common judgment , and so must necessarily , to gratify that inclination , establish a democracy ; neither can it be rationally imagined that fathers ...
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... body . ( 2 ) Subordinate officers are the joints by which the body moves . ( 3 ) Wealth and riches are the strength . ( 4 ) Equity and laws are the reason . ( 5 ) Counsellors the memory . ( 6 ) Salus Populi , or the happiness of the ...
... body . ( 2 ) Subordinate officers are the joints by which the body moves . ( 3 ) Wealth and riches are the strength . ( 4 ) Equity and laws are the reason . ( 5 ) Counsellors the memory . ( 6 ) Salus Populi , or the happiness of the ...
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... body politic ; ' tis treason against mankind , ' tis treason against common sense , ' tis treason against God . And this impious principle lays the foundation for justifying all the tyranny and oppression that ever any prince was guilty ...
... body politic ; ' tis treason against mankind , ' tis treason against common sense , ' tis treason against God . And this impious principle lays the foundation for justifying all the tyranny and oppression that ever any prince was guilty ...
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Apostle of Soul Liberty | 35 |
A Star of the First Magnitude | 79 |
Herald of Revolution | 116 |
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