| Henry Howe - 1861 - 844 páginas
...political affairs. In 1743, on taking the degree of Master of Arts at Harvard, he proposed the question, " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ? " and took the affirmative. In the legislature he was upon every committee,... | |
| William Vincent Wells - 1865 - 486 páginas
...or political. The question proposed by Mr. Adams, the affirmative of which he defended, was this, " Whether it be lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate,...if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved ? " So early was he in avowing an opinion scarcely contemplated at that day, onless in the retirement... | |
| William Vincent Wells - 1865 - 554 páginas
...time to the power of the British Parliament, unjustly exercised over the Colonies. His thesis was : " Whether it be lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved." * He fearlessly maintained the affirmative, though it. pointed to a course... | |
| Edward M. Pierce - 1867 - 1030 páginas
...usual academical honors, in 1740. On taking the degree of master of arts he discussed the question, "Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth can not be otherwise preserved?" and maintained the affirmative with great ability. He commenced the... | |
| William Chambers - 1868 - 876 páginas
...taking the degree of AM at Harvard College, 1 743, he maintained the affirmative of the question : Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ? He intended at first to become a clergyman, but afterwards commenced a small... | |
| James Parton - 1868 - 694 páginas
...connection with Great Britain. When he graduated, the subject which he chose for his oration was : — "Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved?" He maintained that it was lawful, and he enforced his opinion •with something... | |
| 1868 - 878 páginas
...taking the degree of AM at Harvard College, 1 743, he maintained the affirmative of the question : Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ? He intended at first to become a clergyman, but afterwards commenced a small... | |
| United States. Bureau of Education - 1879 - 202 páginas
...has made immortal: "An supremo magistratni resistere liceret, si aliter servari rtspublica nequitf " ("Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved.") While Thomas Jefferson was yet an infant in his cradle, on the beautiful banks of the.Rivanna, this... | |
| Francis Samuel Drake - 1872 - 1046 páginas
...the degree of AM in 1743, he proposed, and took the affirmative in the discussion of, the question, " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved ? " About the same time he pub. a pamphlet called Englishmen's Rights. Unsuccessful as a merchant,... | |
| Francis Samuel Drake - 1872 - 1042 páginas
...ihe degree of AM in 1743, he proposed, nnd took the affirmative in the discussion of, the question, " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannotothcrwise be preserved? " About the same time he pub. a pamphlet called Englishmen's Bights.... | |
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