The Political Thought of American Statesmen: Selected Writings and SpeechesMorton J. Frisch, Richard G. Stevens |
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... institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind . As that becomes more developed , more enlightened , as new discoveries are made , new truths dis- closed , and manners and opinions change with the change of ...
... institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind . As that becomes more developed , more enlightened , as new discoveries are made , new truths dis- closed , and manners and opinions change with the change of ...
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... institutions in constitutional precedents rather than in democratic precepts . It is my object to consider , in the third place , the changes which have been or may be wrought in our institutions by means of the influences of the age ...
... institutions in constitutional precedents rather than in democratic precepts . It is my object to consider , in the third place , the changes which have been or may be wrought in our institutions by means of the influences of the age ...
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... institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind . . . . As new discoveries are made , new truths disclosed , and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances , institutions must advance also , and ...
... institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind . . . . As new discoveries are made , new truths disclosed , and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances , institutions must advance also , and ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Founding | 2 |
THOMAS JEFFERSON 17431826 | 6 |
Copyright | |
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