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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... nature prompt it . The government of the Jews was changed five times . Gov- ernment is not formed by nature , as other births or productions ; if it were , it would be the same in all countries , because nature keeps the same method ...
... nature prompt it . The government of the Jews was changed five times . Gov- ernment is not formed by nature , as other births or productions ; if it were , it would be the same in all countries , because nature keeps the same method ...
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... nature , on which ac- count the Holy Scriptures declare it written on men's hearts . For being endowed with a soul , you may know from yourself how and what you ought to act ( Rom . ii . 14 ) : These having not a law are a law to them ...
... nature , on which ac- count the Holy Scriptures declare it written on men's hearts . For being endowed with a soul , you may know from yourself how and what you ought to act ( Rom . ii . 14 ) : These having not a law are a law to them ...
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... nature , that every man as far as in him lies , do maintain a soci- ableness with others , agreeable with the main end and disposition of human nature in general . For this is very apparent , that reason and so- ciety render man the ...
... nature , that every man as far as in him lies , do maintain a soci- ableness with others , agreeable with the main end and disposition of human nature in general . For this is very apparent , that reason and so- ciety render man the ...
Contents
ROGER WILLIAMS 1603?1683 | 5 |
BACONS MAN 1676 | 13 |
JOHN WISE 16521725 | 20 |
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