Letters from Washington, on the Constitution and Laws: With Sketches of Some of the Prominent Public Characters of the United States. Written During the Winter of 1817-18J. Gideon, Junr., 1818 - 139 sider |
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Side 26
... , and the government nothing more than a pure monarchy . It is not surprising that amidst the revolutions of the world , and the numerous experiments which have been attempted in government , mankind should never before 26.
... , and the government nothing more than a pure monarchy . It is not surprising that amidst the revolutions of the world , and the numerous experiments which have been attempted in government , mankind should never before 26.
Side 27
... mankind should never before have adopted , in its fullest extent , this system of representation ; it has at all periods of the world been the policy of princes and of priests to ob- scure the human mind , and to enshroud in the gloom ...
... mankind should never before have adopted , in its fullest extent , this system of representation ; it has at all periods of the world been the policy of princes and of priests to ob- scure the human mind , and to enshroud in the gloom ...
Side 28
... mankind on their broadest basis , and to serve to future ages as the best mode of securing the liberty and contribut- ing to the happiness of man . * I will now conclude , lest I should trespass on your patience too much . In my next ...
... mankind on their broadest basis , and to serve to future ages as the best mode of securing the liberty and contribut- ing to the happiness of man . * I will now conclude , lest I should trespass on your patience too much . In my next ...
Side 50
... mankind is more correct and more practical , but he wants Mr. Crawford's energy to ren- der it extensively useful . In political shrewdness , mo- ral integrity , and intellectual acquirements , they are supposed to be nearly equal ...
... mankind is more correct and more practical , but he wants Mr. Crawford's energy to ren- der it extensively useful . In political shrewdness , mo- ral integrity , and intellectual acquirements , they are supposed to be nearly equal ...
Side 66
... mankind have been kept in such continued and stupid ignorance , as that of their own natural and unalienable rights . False and mistaken conceptions of religion , the ty- ranny of custom , and the usurpation of power , have precluded ...
... mankind have been kept in such continued and stupid ignorance , as that of their own natural and unalienable rights . False and mistaken conceptions of religion , the ty- ranny of custom , and the usurpation of power , have precluded ...
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