 | 1814 - 564 sider
...which retained many of the forms of the English universities, he proposed as his thesis, and defended the affirmative of the question, " whether it be lawful to resist the supreme power of the state, if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved." Thus early had his mind taken... | |
 | Thomas Jones Rogers - 1823 - 382 sider
...were conferred upon him. On the latter occasion, he proposed the following question for discussion, *' whether it be lawful to resist the .supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved?" He maintained the affirmative of this proposition, and thus evinced, at this... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin French - 1820 - 370 sider
...bachelor and master of arts. On the latter occasion, he proposed the following question for discu*ion : " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved." He maintained the affirmative of this proposition, and thus evinced, at this early period of his life,... | |
 | 1863 - 538 sider
...side. He who, as a Harvard College student, in 1743, had main. tained the affirmative of the Thesis, " Whether it be lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved," and who during those whole three-and-thirty years since had been training... | |
 | Declaration - 1827 - 364 sider
...were conferred upon him. On the latter occasion, he proposed the following question for discussion, " whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" He maintained the affirmative of this proposition, and thus evinced, at this early period of life, his... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1829 - 666 sider
...received ¡Ls honors in 1740. When he took the degree of master, in 1743, he proposed the following question ; " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme...the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" He maintained the affirmative, and this collegiate exercise furnished a very significant index to his... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 494 sider
...classical and scientific attainments. On taking the degree of master, in 1743, he proposed the following question, " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme...the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" He maintained the affirmative ; and in this collegiate exercise furnished no dubious evidence of his attachment... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1829 - 638 sider
...received its honors in 1740. When he took the degree of master, in 1743, he proposed the following question; "Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme...the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" He maintained the affirmative, and this collegiate exercise furnished a very significant index to his... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1879 - 634 sider
...1740. When he took the degree of master, in 1743, he proposed the following question ; " Whether ¡t be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" lie maintained the affirmative, and this collegiate exercise furnished a very significant index... | |
 | Benjamin Waterhouse - 1831 - 482 sider
...graduated at the university of Cambridge in the year 1740, when he discussed the following thesis, " Whether it be lawful to resist the SUPREME MAGISTRATE, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved ? " He maintained the affirmative, which was remarkable for that time and place... | |
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Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" He maintained the affirmative, and this collegiate exercise furnished a very significant index to his subsequent political career. 
