Democracy, Liberty, and Property: Readings in the American Political TraditionFrancis William Coker |
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Page 176
... aristocracy , chiefly created and supported by superstition , " the aristocracy of the first age ; " that produced by conquest , known by the title of the feudal system , " the aristocracy of the second age ; ” and that erected by paper ...
... aristocracy , chiefly created and supported by superstition , " the aristocracy of the first age ; " that produced by conquest , known by the title of the feudal system , " the aristocracy of the second age ; ” and that erected by paper ...
Page 179
... aristocracy has abandoned a reliance on a monopoly of vir- tue , renown and abilities , and resorted wholly to a monopoly of wealth , by the system of paper and patronage . Modern taxes and frauds to collect money , and not ancient ...
... aristocracy has abandoned a reliance on a monopoly of vir- tue , renown and abilities , and resorted wholly to a monopoly of wealth , by the system of paper and patronage . Modern taxes and frauds to collect money , and not ancient ...
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... aristocracy . The repeal of the laws of entail and primogeniture would have destroyed the great estates on which the planting aristocracy based its power . The abolition of the Established Church would still further have diminished the ...
... aristocracy . The repeal of the laws of entail and primogeniture would have destroyed the great estates on which the planting aristocracy based its power . The abolition of the Established Church would still further have diminished the ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
From A Modell of Christian Charity 1603 | 17 |
THE FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT OF NEW HAVEN 1639 | 26 |
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