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 175
... independence was of a piece with his actions in the Stamp Act crisis . He was handed a dozen difficult jobs and did all of them well ; he remained a constant friend to the patriotic cause ; but he showed his age and his inability to ...
... independence was of a piece with his actions in the Stamp Act crisis . He was handed a dozen difficult jobs and did all of them well ; he remained a constant friend to the patriotic cause ; but he showed his age and his inability to ...
Page 213
... independence and American democracy owe a vast debt to the manner in which Frank- lin handled his glories as scientist . If Franklin had any major limitation in his character as scientist , it was the overly practical , utilitarian ...
... independence and American democracy owe a vast debt to the manner in which Frank- lin handled his glories as scientist . If Franklin had any major limitation in his character as scientist , it was the overly practical , utilitarian ...
Page 264
... Independence , 80 , 110 , 141 , 142 , 189 , 223 , 235 , 252 Declaration of Rights , 179 deism , 130 , 230 democracy ( fact ) , 1-3 , 10-11 , 14 , 44 , 50-56 , 77 , 87 , 91 , 150- 151 , 213 , 216 , 225 , 226 democracy ( theory ) , xi ...
... Independence , 80 , 110 , 141 , 142 , 189 , 223 , 235 , 252 Declaration of Rights , 179 deism , 130 , 230 democracy ( fact ) , 1-3 , 10-11 , 14 , 44 , 50-56 , 77 , 87 , 91 , 150- 151 , 213 , 216 , 225 , 226 democracy ( theory ) , xi ...
Contents
Apostle of Soul Liberty | 35 |
A Star of the First Magnitude | 79 |
Herald of Revolution | 116 |
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