Democracy, Liberty, and Property: Readings in the American Political TraditionFrancis William Coker |
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Page 180
... important cases he was the attorney for manufacturing and trading concerns , and he came to be re- garded as the most effective spokesman , before the courts and in deliber- ative bodies , for the mercantile and industrial interests of ...
... important cases he was the attorney for manufacturing and trading concerns , and he came to be re- garded as the most effective spokesman , before the courts and in deliber- ative bodies , for the mercantile and industrial interests of ...
Page 219
... important who is elected governor , mayor , or legislator , ( and full of dismay when incompetent or vile ones get elected , as they sometimes do , ) there are other , quieter contingencies , infinitely more important . Shams , & c ...
... important who is elected governor , mayor , or legislator , ( and full of dismay when incompetent or vile ones get elected , as they sometimes do , ) there are other , quieter contingencies , infinitely more important . Shams , & c ...
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... important that such a quarrel be settled than that it be settled justly , though this is very important . To settle it justly is to give the land in dispute to the man who had earned it , i.e. , who had given an equivalent for it ...
... important that such a quarrel be settled than that it be settled justly , though this is very important . To settle it justly is to give the land in dispute to the man who had earned it , i.e. , who had given an equivalent for it ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
From A Modell of Christian Charity 1603 | 17 |
THE FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT OF NEW HAVEN 1639 | 26 |
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