The American Enlightenment: The Shaping of the American Experiment and a Free SocietyAdrienne Koch |
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... authority under them , as ministers ordained of God for their good ; but when they saw those powers renouncing all the prin- ciples of authority , and bent upon the destruction of all the securities of their lives , liberties , and ...
... authority under them , as ministers ordained of God for their good ; but when they saw those powers renouncing all the prin- ciples of authority , and bent upon the destruction of all the securities of their lives , liberties , and ...
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... authority .... M. Turgot ... is for " collecting all authority into one centre , the nation . " It is easily understood how all authority may be collected into " one centre " in a despot or monarch ; but how it can be done when the ...
... authority .... M. Turgot ... is for " collecting all authority into one centre , the nation . " It is easily understood how all authority may be collected into " one centre " in a despot or monarch ; but how it can be done when the ...
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... authority over any other . The first " collection " of authority must be an unanimous agreement to form themselves into a nation , people , community , or body politic , and to be governed by the majority of suffrages or voices . But ...
... authority over any other . The first " collection " of authority must be an unanimous agreement to form themselves into a nation , people , community , or body politic , and to be governed by the majority of suffrages or voices . But ...
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The Albany Plan of Union | 75 |
Three Letters to Governor Shirley | 80 |
On French Civility | 87 |
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