...cock-sparrow had the hardihood to come out under my very nose and read a thesis upon the title : ' Whether it be Lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate...if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved.' " " Yes, they grow more and more saucy," interposed Mrs. Hutchinson. " But, to come back to the point...

...When he presented his thesis as Master of Arts, at the age of twenty-one, he debated the question : " Whether it be Lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate,...if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved"; and this question his life-work answered in the affirmative. He was the " chief incendiary," said the...

...When he presented his thesis as Master of Arts, at the age of twenty-one, he debated the question : " Whether it be Lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate,...if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved "; and this question his life-work answered in the affirmative. He was the " chief incendiary," said...

...and a candidate for the master's degree, he chose as the subject for his Latin thesis the question, " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate...if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved " ; and this question he answered in the affirmative. Historv has not told us how this bold doctrine...

...•if Ms political opinions, that his thesis was a defence of the affirmative reply to the question, " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved t" The failure of the banking scheme above referred to, in consequence of the limitations imposed by...

...in 1743 in the very presence of Governor Shirley, he declaimed in Latin, to the effect that it was "lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved." His father, through his connection with the "Land 225 Samuel Adams Bank Scheme" met with great financial...

...thinking. In 1743, upon receiving the degree of Master of Arts from Harvard College, he argued the thesis, "Whether it be lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate,...if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved." We may suppose that the young man acquitted himself well, reasoning with great nicety in favor of the...

...receiving the degree of Master of Arts from Harvard College, he argued the thesis, "Whether it be lawful a to resist the Supreme Magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved." We may suppose that the young man acquitted himself well, reasoning with great nicety in favor of the...

...of master of arts, his thesis showed the prevailing trend of his thoughts. He chose the question, " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate...if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved ?" We need not say which side of the question he argued for. Adams engaged in business, but did not...

...he? On taking the degree of Master in 1743 in Harvard College, he proposed the following question: "Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate if the Commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved?" He maintained the affirmative. Can it be said that Sam Adams, who had so much...