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 viii
... representative thinkers was , all things considered , not too difficult an undertaking . Wil- liams , Wise , and Franklin were automatic choices , the first two because of the libertarian fervor of their writings , the third because he ...
... representative thinkers was , all things considered , not too difficult an undertaking . Wil- liams , Wise , and Franklin were automatic choices , the first two because of the libertarian fervor of their writings , the third because he ...
Page 108
... representatives of the town meetings . As a matter of dialectic , Wise was in no position to argue too warmly for representative democracy . His primary concern was to defend congregational autonomy . The Gen- eral Court may have been ...
... representatives of the town meetings . As a matter of dialectic , Wise was in no position to argue too warmly for representative democracy . His primary concern was to defend congregational autonomy . The Gen- eral Court may have been ...
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... representative , secular , constitutional , and limited by law ; their arguments were framed in terms of " liberty " and " the people . " If they knew not what they wrought , they nevertheless wrought well . The key operator in the ...
... representative , secular , constitutional , and limited by law ; their arguments were framed in terms of " liberty " and " the people . " If they knew not what they wrought , they nevertheless wrought well . The key operator in the ...
Contents
Apostle of Soul Liberty | 35 |
A Star of the First Magnitude | 79 |
Herald of Revolution | 116 |
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