"Magistratibus igitur opus est; sine quorum prudentiâ ac diligentiâ esse civitas non potest;
quorumque descriptione omnis Reipublicæ moderatio continetur."

CICERO DE LEG. lib. 3. cap. 2.

"Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants."

VOLUME I.

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HILLIARD, GRAY, AND COMPANY.

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BROWN, SHATTUCK, AND CO.

1833.

BURKE.