The Democratic Spirit: A Collection of American Writings from the Earliest Times to the Present DayBernard Smith A. A. Knopf, 1941 - 927 pages |
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Page 94
... freedom , it seems , is below their dignity . Be it so , since they will have it : the road to happiness and to glory is open to us too ; we will climb it apart from them , and acquiesce ... Freedom A BILL FOR ESTABLISHING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
... freedom , it seems , is below their dignity . Be it so , since they will have it : the road to happiness and to glory is open to us too ; we will climb it apart from them , and acquiesce ... Freedom A BILL FOR ESTABLISHING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
Page 204
... FREEDOM Here are old trees , tall oaks , and gnarlèd pines , That stream with gray - green mosses ; here the ground Was never trenched by spade , and flowers spring up Unsown , and die ungathered . It is ... Freedom THE ANTIQUITY OF FREEDOM.
... FREEDOM Here are old trees , tall oaks , and gnarlèd pines , That stream with gray - green mosses ; here the ground Was never trenched by spade , and flowers spring up Unsown , and die ungathered . It is ... Freedom THE ANTIQUITY OF FREEDOM.
Page 390
... freedom of food , freedom of the press , freedom of thought , reform in penal legislation , and a thou- sand other matters , — it seems to me to have been proved conclusively that government commenced in usurpation and oppression ; that ...
... freedom of food , freedom of the press , freedom of thought , reform in penal legislation , and a thou- sand other matters , — it seems to me to have been proved conclusively that government commenced in usurpation and oppression ; that ...
Contents
ROGER WILLIAMS 1603?1683 | 5 |
BACONS MAN 1676 | 13 |
JOHN WISE 16521725 | 20 |
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