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Page 197
Each individual in society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his
life , liberty , and property , according to the standing laws . " Here is no right of
office enumerated ; no right of governing others , or of bearing rule in the state .
Each individual in society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his
life , liberty , and property , according to the standing laws . " Here is no right of
office enumerated ; no right of governing others , or of bearing rule in the state .
Page 354
For myself , I am free to say , that if it were a case between individual and
individual , I think the officers would be entitled to relief in a court of equity . I may
be mistaken , but such is my opinion . My reasons are , that I do not think they had
a fair ...
For myself , I am free to say , that if it were a case between individual and
individual , I think the officers would be entitled to relief in a court of equity . I may
be mistaken , but such is my opinion . My reasons are , that I do not think they had
a fair ...
Page 448
The public happiness is to be the aggregate of the happiness of individuals . Our
system begins with the individual man . It begins with him when he leaves the
cradle ; and it proposes to instruct him in knowledge and in morals , to prepare
him ...
The public happiness is to be the aggregate of the happiness of individuals . Our
system begins with the individual man . It begins with him when he leaves the
cradle ; and it proposes to instruct him in knowledge and in morals , to prepare
him ...
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Discourse delivered at Plymouth in Commemoration of the first Settlement | 25 |
DISCOURSE in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams | 71 |
Speech delivered at a Meeting of Citizens of Boston held in Faneuil Hall | 97 |
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