The Selected Writings of Benjamin RushPhilosophical Library, 1947 - 433 pages |
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Page 58
... Assembly . My reasons for this opinion are as follow , 1. " A single Assembly is liable to all the vices , follies and frailties of an individual , -subject to fits of humour , -starts of passions , * flights of enthusiasm ...
... Assembly . My reasons for this opinion are as follow , 1. " A single Assembly is liable to all the vices , follies and frailties of an individual , -subject to fits of humour , -starts of passions , * flights of enthusiasm ...
Page 66
... Assembly may do the most irreparable mischief to a state . Socrates and Barnevelt were both put to death by Assemblies that held their powers at the election of the people . The same Assemblies would have shed oceans of tears to have ...
... Assembly may do the most irreparable mischief to a state . Socrates and Barnevelt were both put to death by Assemblies that held their powers at the election of the people . The same Assemblies would have shed oceans of tears to have ...
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... Assembly . - It becomes us to enquire whether they have made them so independant of the Assembly as to give them the free exercise of their own judgments . The insignificant figure the President and Council make in the Constitution from ...
... Assembly . - It becomes us to enquire whether they have made them so independant of the Assembly as to give them the free exercise of their own judgments . The insignificant figure the President and Council make in the Constitution from ...
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ON SLAVEKEEPING 1773 | 3 |
A PLAN OF A PEACEOFFICE FOR THE UNITED STATES | 19 |
SYLVANIA 1777 | 54 |
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