The Young American: Or Book of Government and Law; Showing Their History, Nature and Necessity. For the Use of Schools. Fourth Edition |
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... Egypt , Persia , and most of the nations of India . In all these , there is a defective morality , a loose state of pub- lic opinion , a want of justice in private dealings , and an insecurity of life , liberty and property . The ...
... Egypt , Persia , and most of the nations of India . In all these , there is a defective morality , a loose state of pub- lic opinion , a want of justice in private dealings , and an insecurity of life , liberty and property . The ...
Page 60
... Egypt ; and we observe no traces of any other ideas of government than that of un- limited power in the hands of a king or chief or the priests , except among the Hebrews . Persia , a vast empire , that rose upon the ruins of the ...
... Egypt ; and we observe no traces of any other ideas of government than that of un- limited power in the hands of a king or chief or the priests , except among the Hebrews . Persia , a vast empire , that rose upon the ruins of the ...
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... Egypt , where there was an universal belief in many gods , and where idolatry was the universal practice of the people . The government , too , was despotic , placing absolute power in the hands of the kings and priests . Yet ...
... Egypt , where there was an universal belief in many gods , and where idolatry was the universal practice of the people . The government , too , was despotic , placing absolute power in the hands of the kings and priests . Yet ...
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... Egypt , Moses instituted a great variety of rites and ceremonies , all calcu- lated to produce these effects , and , at the same time , to keep the descendants of Jacob as a distinct and peculiar people . Such being his leading design ...
... Egypt , Moses instituted a great variety of rites and ceremonies , all calcu- lated to produce these effects , and , at the same time , to keep the descendants of Jacob as a distinct and peculiar people . Such being his leading design ...
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... Egypt ; and we observe no traces of any other ideas of government than that of un- limited power in the hands of a king or chief or the priests , except among the Hebrews . Persia , a vast empire , that rose upon the ruins of the ...
... Egypt ; and we observe no traces of any other ideas of government than that of un- limited power in the hands of a king or chief or the priests , except among the Hebrews . Persia , a vast empire , that rose upon the ruins of the ...
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