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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... thing has over another , in causing it to move or operate in a certain man- ner . When applied to persons , it means the exercise of au thority by one or more persons over others . §2 . A parent gives directions to his children for the ...
... thing has over another , in causing it to move or operate in a certain man- ner . When applied to persons , it means the exercise of au thority by one or more persons over others . §2 . A parent gives directions to his children for the ...
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... things ; first . the right and authority of those who govern to make the law ; secondly , the duty of the governed to obey the law . § 9. To give force to a law , it must have a penalty . Pen- alty is the pain or suffering to be ...
... things ; first . the right and authority of those who govern to make the law ; secondly , the duty of the governed to obey the law . § 9. To give force to a law , it must have a penalty . Pen- alty is the pain or suffering to be ...
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... thing . Thus we say , a person has a right to what he has earned by his labor , or bought with his money . A man is entitled to what is lawfully or justly his own ; that is , he has a right to it . § 11. We have a right also to do things ...
... thing . Thus we say , a person has a right to what he has earned by his labor , or bought with his money . A man is entitled to what is lawfully or justly his own ; that is , he has a right to it . § 11. We have a right also to do things ...
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... things that we should love our neighbor as ourselves ; and our obligation to do so would be just as certain , had the duty never been enjoined by a positive precept . § 15. Living in society with our fellow men , on whom we are in a ...
... things that we should love our neighbor as ourselves ; and our obligation to do so would be just as certain , had the duty never been enjoined by a positive precept . § 15. Living in society with our fellow men , on whom we are in a ...
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... thing is said to be common when it is enjoyed by persons generally , or by all . Hence also the word community , which signifies the people living under the same laws , and enjoying the same privileges . Every state in the union is a ...
... thing is said to be common when it is enjoyed by persons generally , or by all . Hence also the word community , which signifies the people living under the same laws , and enjoying the same privileges . Every state in the union is a ...
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