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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... RESISTANCE . This principle had an inferior standing in Wise's political theory . This was certainly not true of most prominent writers of the natural - law school . Locke , for example , devoted his longest chapter to " The Dissolution ...
... RESISTANCE . This principle had an inferior standing in Wise's political theory . This was certainly not true of most prominent writers of the natural - law school . Locke , for example , devoted his longest chapter to " The Dissolution ...
Page 392
... resistance , " 157 had no place at all in the American " party line . " In the words of William Smith : The doctrine of absolute Non - resistance has been fully exploded among every virtuous people . The freeborn soul revolts against it ...
... resistance , " 157 had no place at all in the American " party line . " In the words of William Smith : The doctrine of absolute Non - resistance has been fully exploded among every virtuous people . The freeborn soul revolts against it ...
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... resistance was to be determined by the nature and extent of oppression . Petty tyranny called for passive resistance ; premeditated despotism called for active resistance.190 Resistance in the ex- treme sense of outright revolution ...
... resistance was to be determined by the nature and extent of oppression . Petty tyranny called for passive resistance ; premeditated despotism called for active resistance.190 Resistance in the ex- treme sense of outright revolution ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
Colonial Government and the Rise of Liberty | 12 |
Colonial Religion and the Rise of Liberty | 36 |
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