Democracy, Liberty, and Property: Readings in the American Political TraditionFrancis William Coker |
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Page 177
... mass of these qualities . This great mass , it may be answered , will be prevented from doing harm to the nation , by the representative principle to be found in the house of commons . If that principle is capable of managing the great mass ...
... mass of these qualities . This great mass , it may be answered , will be prevented from doing harm to the nation , by the representative principle to be found in the house of commons . If that principle is capable of managing the great mass ...
Page 179
... mass of national wealth , virtue and talents . Power , in Mr. Adams's opin- ion , ought to follow this mass in the hands of a few , because it is the ornament of society . It is unimportant whether an aristocracy is a natural , physical ...
... mass of national wealth , virtue and talents . Power , in Mr. Adams's opin- ion , ought to follow this mass in the hands of a few , because it is the ornament of society . It is unimportant whether an aristocracy is a natural , physical ...
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... mass action which shall progressively foment industrial disturbances and through political mass strikes and revolutionary mass action overthrow and destroy organized parliamentary government . It concludes with a call to action in these ...
... mass action which shall progressively foment industrial disturbances and through political mass strikes and revolutionary mass action overthrow and destroy organized parliamentary government . It concludes with a call to action in these ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
From A Modell of Christian Charity 1603 | 17 |
THE FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT OF NEW HAVEN 1639 | 26 |
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