 | John Frost - Merchants - 1846 - 572 pages
...were conferred upon him. On the latter occasion, he proposed the following question for discussion, " whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...otherwise be preserved?" He maintained the affirmative of this proposition, and thus evinced, at this early period of life, his attachment to the liberties... | |
 | Robert Taylor Conrad - Declaration of Independence - 1846 - 900 pages
...were conferred upon him. On the latter occasion, he proposed the following question for discussion, " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved?" He maintained the affirmative of the proposition, and thus evinced, at this... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1846 - 924 pages
...honours in 1740. When he took the degree of master, in 1743, 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 and this collegiate exercise furnished a very... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - Orators - 1848 - 492 pages
...pamphlet, entitled " Englishmen's Rights." When he took his second degree, the thesis he discussed was, "Whether it be lawful to resist the SUPREME MAGISTRATE, if the. Commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved?" This he affirmed and maintained with great force, in the presence of the king's... | |
 | Nahum Capen - Massachusetts - 1851 - 424 pages
...740. When he commenced Master of Arts in 1 743, he proposed the following question for discussion : Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...otherwise be preserved ? He maintained the affirmative, and thus early showed his attachment to the liberties of the people. Early distinguished by talents... | |
 | John Gorton - Biography - 1851 - 690 pages
...at Harvard College ; where, when he took the degree of MA., in 1743, he proposed the question — " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" when he maintained the affirmative. He engaged early in politics, and in... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - United States - 1852 - 516 pages
...his mind. When he graduated, he chose for his subject of discussion the following question. " Is it lawful to resist the supreme magistrate if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved?" His hearers were astonished at the masterly manner he advocated the affirmative of this bold proposition.... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1853 - 786 pages
...cherished through life, by maintaining, in the thesis which gained him his literary degree, that " it is lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved." A sincere and devout Puritan in religion, grave in his manners, austerely pure in his morals, simple,... | |
 | Presidents - 1853 - 514 pages
...this latter occasion, he proposed the following question, in which he maintained the affirmative: " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ? " Pn quitting the university, he commenced the study of the law; but soon... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - United States - 1854 - 532 pages
...his mind. When he graduated, he chose for his subject of discussion the following question. " Is it lawful to resist the supreme magistrate if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved?" His hearers were astonished at the masterly manner he advocated the affirmative of this bold proposition.... | |
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