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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 rational labors which could obtain freedom , and secure it when obtained . The gloom of the picture was increased by the downward tendency of things from age to age ; every change being only from bad to worse ; and this change ...
... wise and rational labors which could obtain freedom , and secure it when obtained . The gloom of the picture was increased by the downward tendency of things from age to age ; every change being only from bad to worse ; and this change ...
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