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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... present work is , therefore , to supply a deficiency still remaining ; and it is confidently believed , that it may be profitably studied by children of ordinary intelligence at the age of ten years . In the author's endeavor so to ...
... present work is , therefore , to supply a deficiency still remaining ; and it is confidently believed , that it may be profitably studied by children of ordinary intelligence at the age of ten years . In the author's endeavor so to ...
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... present Form of Government came to be established in this country , CHAP . IV . Of the Government of New - York - The general Nature and the Origin of the Government of this State , CHAP . V. Of the formation of the present Constitution ...
... present Form of Government came to be established in this country , CHAP . IV . Of the Government of New - York - The general Nature and the Origin of the Government of this State , CHAP . V. Of the formation of the present Constitution ...
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... present imperfect state are not capable of discovering in all cases what the law of nature requires ; it has therefore pleased Divine Providence to reveal his will to mankind , to instruct them in their duties to himself and to each ...
... present imperfect state are not capable of discovering in all cases what the law of nature requires ; it has therefore pleased Divine Providence to reveal his will to mankind , to instruct them in their duties to himself and to each ...
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... present conveyed by these words , that any government , when so administered as to oppress the people , is called despotic or tyrannical . §3 . Another form of government is a democracy , which means government by the people . In a ...
... present conveyed by these words , that any government , when so administered as to oppress the people , is called despotic or tyrannical . §3 . Another form of government is a democracy , which means government by the people . In a ...
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... present time . The word is applied to a govern- ment which is in the hands of a few persons of rank and wealth . The aristocratic principle , however , is preserved in the British house of lords . § 8. But the form of government which ...
... present time . The word is applied to a govern- ment which is in the hands of a few persons of rank and wealth . The aristocratic principle , however , is preserved in the British house of lords . § 8. But the form of government which ...
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