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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... persons or the generation of persons in whom they did exist are dead , and with them the right is dead also . To prove this , he quotes a declaration made by Parliament about a hundred years ago , to William and Mary , in these words ...
... persons or the generation of persons in whom they did exist are dead , and with them the right is dead also . To prove this , he quotes a declaration made by Parliament about a hundred years ago , to William and Mary , in these words ...
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... persons that have a right to establish this inequality ? Will the rich exclude themselves ? No. Will the poor ... persons possessing a certain quantity of property , be it little or much , it is a combination of the persons possessing ...
... persons that have a right to establish this inequality ? Will the rich exclude themselves ? No. Will the poor ... persons possessing a certain quantity of property , be it little or much , it is a combination of the persons possessing ...
Page 163
... persons in their situa- tion of any privilege which would prevent them from having as full and as fair trials as natural - born citizens were entitled to , that they have in certain cases allowed them to claim privileges in our courts ...
... persons in their situa- tion of any privilege which would prevent them from having as full and as fair trials as natural - born citizens were entitled to , that they have in certain cases allowed them to claim privileges in our courts ...
Contents
ROGER WILLIAMS 1603?1683 | 5 |
BACONS MAN 1676 | 13 |
JOHN WISE 16521725 | 20 |
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