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This liberty is the proper end and object of authority , and cannot subsist without it ; and it is a liberty to that only which is good , just , and honest . This liberty you are to stand for , with the hazard ( not only of your goods ...
This liberty is the proper end and object of authority , and cannot subsist without it ; and it is a liberty to that only which is good , just , and honest . This liberty you are to stand for , with the hazard ( not only of your goods ...
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Each Nation is an absolute Republic by itself , govern'd in all Public Affairs of War and Peace by the Sachems or Old Men , whose Authority and Power is gain'd by and consists wholly in the Opinion the rest of the Nation have of their ...
Each Nation is an absolute Republic by itself , govern'd in all Public Affairs of War and Peace by the Sachems or Old Men , whose Authority and Power is gain'd by and consists wholly in the Opinion the rest of the Nation have of their ...
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In England , the people may have gained by diminishing the power of the king , who first obtained it by force ; but , in America , to assail the rightful authority of the executive , is attacking a system framed by the constituencies of ...
In England , the people may have gained by diminishing the power of the king , who first obtained it by force ; but , in America , to assail the rightful authority of the executive , is attacking a system framed by the constituencies of ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Colonial and Federalist American Writing Odyssey surveys of American writing |
| Authors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Editors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Publisher | Odyssey Press, 1966 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 946 pages |
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