Democracy, Liberty, and Property: Readings in the American Political TraditionFrancis William Coker |
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... better ? What sign is there of anything of the kind ? As to this I confess I think the dependence of the optimist , if he descends to argument at all , must be on the general progress of the race in self - restraint , in love of order ...
... better ? What sign is there of anything of the kind ? As to this I confess I think the dependence of the optimist , if he descends to argument at all , must be on the general progress of the race in self - restraint , in love of order ...
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... better sport than to see light heads handle their heels , and fetch their carreers in a time , when the Roof of Liberty stands open . The next perplexed Question , with pious and ponderous men , will be : What should be done for the ...
... better sport than to see light heads handle their heels , and fetch their carreers in a time , when the Roof of Liberty stands open . The next perplexed Question , with pious and ponderous men , will be : What should be done for the ...
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... better , I readily grant you , than those around him - perhaps in the truest sense no wiser - but very different he ... better , and until he could employ his time to better advantage than at the plow or over the bench . Thus his first ...
... better , I readily grant you , than those around him - perhaps in the truest sense no wiser - but very different he ... better , and until he could employ his time to better advantage than at the plow or over the bench . Thus his first ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
From A Modell of Christian Charity 1603 | 17 |
THE FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT OF NEW HAVEN 1639 | 26 |
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