Seedtime of the Republic: The Origin of the American Tradition of Political LibertyHarcourt, Brace, 1953 - 558 pages Interpretive account of; the colonial experiences and political philosophny which gave use to the American Revolution. |
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... interest , but that he can make the common good the mark of his aim ; and hence he becomes capacitated to enter into a civil state by the law of nature ; for without this property in nature , namely , sociableness , which is for ...
... interest , but that he can make the common good the mark of his aim ; and hence he becomes capacitated to enter into a civil state by the law of nature ; for without this property in nature , namely , sociableness , which is for ...
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... interest of this assembly to do strict justice at all times , it should be an equal representation , or , in other words , equal interests among the people should have equal interests in it.144 The frontier towns and counties made ...
... interest of this assembly to do strict justice at all times , it should be an equal representation , or , in other words , equal interests among the people should have equal interests in it.144 The frontier towns and counties made ...
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... interest could be recognized in a free constitution - that of all the people voluntarily associated in the commonwealth.109 It was their power that each branch exercised , their interest that each represented . The separa- tion of ...
... interest could be recognized in a free constitution - that of all the people voluntarily associated in the commonwealth.109 It was their power that each branch exercised , their interest that each represented . The separa- tion of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
Colonial Government and the Rise of Liberty | 12 |
Colonial Religion and the Rise of Liberty | 36 |
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