Democracy, Liberty, and Property: Readings in the American Political TraditionFrancis William Coker |
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... hands both when itt was first propounded , and confirmed the same by holdeing up their hands when itt was read unto them in publique , John Clarke being absent when the covenant was made , doth now manefest his consent to itt , allso ...
... hands both when itt was first propounded , and confirmed the same by holdeing up their hands when itt was read unto them in publique , John Clarke being absent when the covenant was made , doth now manefest his consent to itt , allso ...
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... hands ) there are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms , and no possible disadvantage . Power , habitually in the hands of a whole community , loses all the ordinary associated ideas of power . The exercise of ...
... hands ) there are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms , and no possible disadvantage . Power , habitually in the hands of a whole community , loses all the ordinary associated ideas of power . The exercise of ...
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... hands and other forms , without consulting the people . They never admit the idea that these , like sheep or cattle , may be given from hand to hand without an appeal to their own will . - Was it from the necessity of the case ...
... hands and other forms , without consulting the people . They never admit the idea that these , like sheep or cattle , may be given from hand to hand without an appeal to their own will . - Was it from the necessity of the case ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
From A Modell of Christian Charity 1603 | 17 |
THE FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT OF NEW HAVEN 1639 | 26 |
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