The Young American: Or, Book of Government and Law; Showing Their History, Nature and Necessity. For the Use of Schools... |
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... exist- ence from the people , and where its entire administration is dependent on them , it is clear that it will be good or bad , as the people are intelligent or ignorant , virtuous or vicious . We cannot gather grapes of thorns , or ...
... exist- ence from the people , and where its entire administration is dependent on them , it is clear that it will be good or bad , as the people are intelligent or ignorant , virtuous or vicious . We cannot gather grapes of thorns , or ...
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... exist . In this state of society there is never any advance in civilization : the people are always in a savage state . As society advances , the custom prevails for an individual to claim as his own , what he acquires by his toil , his ...
... exist . In this state of society there is never any advance in civilization : the people are always in a savage state . As society advances , the custom prevails for an individual to claim as his own , what he acquires by his toil , his ...
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... exist , and where it does not tend to guide or govern the actions of men . This intuitive perception of justice , with an at- tendant conscience , demanding its observance , though innate and natural , may be greatly weak- ened or ...
... exist , and where it does not tend to guide or govern the actions of men . This intuitive perception of justice , with an at- tendant conscience , demanding its observance , though innate and natural , may be greatly weak- ened or ...
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... or make him the slave of his pleasures . This is liberty without law . Such liberty as this could exist only in theory , for where society has enacted no law , the obligation of justice exists . A savage is as truly bound by the golden ...
... or make him the slave of his pleasures . This is liberty without law . Such liberty as this could exist only in theory , for where society has enacted no law , the obligation of justice exists . A savage is as truly bound by the golden ...
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... exist where one man , like Alexander Selkirk , or Robinson Crusoe , is alone upon an island , and " monarch of all he surveys . " Absolute liberty , in society , is a practical absurdity - an impossibility . Natural liberty is freedom ...
... exist where one man , like Alexander Selkirk , or Robinson Crusoe , is alone upon an island , and " monarch of all he surveys . " Absolute liberty , in society , is a practical absurdity - an impossibility . Natural liberty is freedom ...
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