Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788: And the Formation of the Federal Constitution |
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... opinion appear upon the slightest view of their situation , that , so far from affording protection to the old colonies , they will stand most in need of it themselves . The present French inhabitants in the neighbourhood of the lakes ...
... opinion appear upon the slightest view of their situation , that , so far from affording protection to the old colonies , they will stand most in need of it themselves . The present French inhabitants in the neighbourhood of the lakes ...
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... opinion , is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which in common with his fellow - citizens he has a natural right ; that it tends only to corrupt the principles of that religion it is meant to encourage , by ...
... opinion , is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which in common with his fellow - citizens he has a natural right ; that it tends only to corrupt the principles of that religion it is meant to encourage , by ...
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... opinions , establish them as undoubted truths . Hume's opinion of the British Constitution confirms the remark , that there is always a body of firm patriots , who often shake a corrupt administra- tion . Take mankind as they are , and ...
... opinions , establish them as undoubted truths . Hume's opinion of the British Constitution confirms the remark , that there is always a body of firm patriots , who often shake a corrupt administra- tion . Take mankind as they are , and ...
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INTRODUCTION | xi |
The Western Problem 176388 | xix |
The Crisis 17726 | xxxiii |
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