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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... reason , of human and rational combinations , and not from any direct orders of infinite wisdom , in any positive law wherein is drawn up this or that scheme of civil government . Government ( says the Lord Warrington ) is necessary in ...
... reason , of human and rational combinations , and not from any direct orders of infinite wisdom , in any positive law wherein is drawn up this or that scheme of civil government . Government ( says the Lord Warrington ) is necessary in ...
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... reason founded in the soul of man . That which is to be drawn from man's reason , flowing from the true current of that faculty , when unperverted , may be said to be the law of nature , on which ac- count the Holy Scriptures declare it ...
... reason founded in the soul of man . That which is to be drawn from man's reason , flowing from the true current of that faculty , when unperverted , may be said to be the law of nature , on which ac- count the Holy Scriptures declare it ...
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... reason and the force of numbers , are in the hands of the political reformers . While the use of the first brings into action the second , and ensures its co - operation , it remains a sacred duty , imposed on them by the God of reason ...
... reason and the force of numbers , are in the hands of the political reformers . While the use of the first brings into action the second , and ensures its co - operation , it remains a sacred duty , imposed on them by the God of reason ...
Contents
ROGER WILLIAMS 1603?1683 | 5 |
BACONS MAN 1676 | 13 |
JOHN WISE 16521725 | 20 |
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