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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... political science should be commenced early . Children should grow up in the knowledge of our political institutions . The provisions of our constitution should be to them as familiar as the spelling - book ; and yet thousands of our ...
... political science should be commenced early . Children should grow up in the knowledge of our political institutions . The provisions of our constitution should be to them as familiar as the spelling - book ; and yet thousands of our ...
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... political influence which , though silent , shall not be the less powerful and salutary . Not the least important object of the author has been , to inspire our youth with a love of their country and its free institutions . He has ...
... political influence which , though silent , shall not be the less powerful and salutary . Not the least important object of the author has been , to inspire our youth with a love of their country and its free institutions . He has ...
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... political power is with the people ; and therefore the government is free . Hence our government is sometimes called a democracy ; and perhaps the words republic and democracy had formerly the same meaning . But our government is ...
... political power is with the people ; and therefore the government is free . Hence our government is sometimes called a democracy ; and perhaps the words republic and democracy had formerly the same meaning . But our government is ...
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... political body , or body politic . By body politic is meant the people of the state incorporated into one body for ... political law ? What is moant by body politic ? In what does a political law differ from a civil or of the whole ...
... political body , or body politic . By body politic is meant the people of the state incorporated into one body for ... political law ? What is moant by body politic ? In what does a political law differ from a civil or of the whole ...
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... political capacity , the constitution is properly the political law , as distinguished from the laws made by the people's representatives , which are called the civil or municipal laws . 15. Now it appears from what has been said , that ...
... political capacity , the constitution is properly the political law , as distinguished from the laws made by the people's representatives , which are called the civil or municipal laws . 15. Now it appears from what has been said , that ...
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