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... wise construction of the civil authority which man may rightfully exercise over man . We turn " to the law and to the testimony , " and ask , Is government , simply as government , all that we find there sanction- ed as the ordinance of ...
... wise construction of the civil authority which man may rightfully exercise over man . We turn " to the law and to the testimony , " and ask , Is government , simply as government , all that we find there sanction- ed as the ordinance of ...
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... wise , and turn " the counsels of Ahithophels into foolishness . " Every institution that has sprung from the ambition or the policy of man , seems tending toward a general wreck ; and the efforts of states- men to prevent the ...
... wise , and turn " the counsels of Ahithophels into foolishness . " Every institution that has sprung from the ambition or the policy of man , seems tending toward a general wreck ; and the efforts of states- men to prevent the ...
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... wise most seek to know , or the good most desire to do . But let us turn at once to our own country . Here , as all admit , freedom has a dwelling which is " like a city set upon a hill , which cannot be hid . " Compare her as she is ...
... wise most seek to know , or the good most desire to do . But let us turn at once to our own country . Here , as all admit , freedom has a dwelling which is " like a city set upon a hill , which cannot be hid . " Compare her as she is ...
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... wise and the great , who are now in their graves . Especially should we always remember with a grateful regard the country from which we have derived our language , our laws , and much of what belongs to the very essence of our civil ...
... wise and the great , who are now in their graves . Especially should we always remember with a grateful regard the country from which we have derived our language , our laws , and much of what belongs to the very essence of our civil ...
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... wise and great men who were the fathers of our Republic found the application of them to the wants and welfare of our land , long after they had been tried elsewhere , to be a work which tasked their powers as statesmen to the utmost ...
... wise and great men who were the fathers of our Republic found the application of them to the wants and welfare of our land , long after they had been tried elsewhere , to be a work which tasked their powers as statesmen to the utmost ...
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