First Lessons in Civil Government: Including a Comprehensive View of the Government of the State of New-York, and an Abstract of the Laws, Showing the Rights, Duties, and Responsibilities of Citizens in the Civil and Domestic Relations : with an Outline of the Government of the United States, Adapted to the Capacities of Children and Youth, and Designed for the Use of Schools |
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... kind of government which I shall endeavor to explain in this book , is the government of a state or nation , generally called civil government . It is so called , because it is the government which regulates the actions of persons as ...
... kind of government which I shall endeavor to explain in this book , is the government of a state or nation , generally called civil government . It is so called , because it is the government which regulates the actions of persons as ...
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... kind Creator has so constituted man , that in thus promoting the happiness of his fellow men , he in- creases his own . § 16. But it may be asked , if the law of nature is the rule by which mankind ought to regulate their conduct , of ...
... kind Creator has so constituted man , that in thus promoting the happiness of his fellow men , he in- creases his own . § 16. But it may be asked , if the law of nature is the rule by which mankind ought to regulate their conduct , of ...
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... kind ; but the modes and forms of govern- ment in different countries are very different from each other . What distinguishes one form of government from another is , that the power to govern , that is , the power to make the laws and ...
... kind ; but the modes and forms of govern- ment in different countries are very different from each other . What distinguishes one form of government from another is , that the power to govern , that is , the power to make the laws and ...
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... kind . This kind of government can exist only in small territories . It would be impossible for all the citizens of a large community to meet in a single assembly and do business . § 4. It will be seen that the two kinds of government ...
... kind . This kind of government can exist only in small territories . It would be impossible for all the citizens of a large community to meet in a single assembly and do business . § 4. It will be seen that the two kinds of government ...
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... kind of law ; not , however , such a law as those which are made by the representatives of the people . It is a law made by the people themselves , directing what the government shall be , what officers are to be elected , and what ...
... kind of law ; not , however , such a law as those which are made by the representatives of the people . It is a law made by the people themselves , directing what the government shall be , what officers are to be elected , and what ...
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