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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... abridged , or taken away , only for the public good . The basis of human rights is liberty ; and this consists in a man's right to himself -- to his body , to his mind , and all his faculties , with the power of exercising them in his ...
... abridged , or taken away , only for the public good . The basis of human rights is liberty ; and this consists in a man's right to himself -- to his body , to his mind , and all his faculties , with the power of exercising them in his ...
Page 27
... abridged , by notions of right and wrong , anterior to the formation of civil gov- ernment . Practically , absolute liberty would be the harshest kind of tyranny , for it would immediately result in making the weak , the slaves of the ...
... abridged , by notions of right and wrong , anterior to the formation of civil gov- ernment . Practically , absolute liberty would be the harshest kind of tyranny , for it would immediately result in making the weak , the slaves of the ...
Page 28
... abridged . If it is not thus abridged , if the weak are not protected from the strong , then they are the slaves of the strong . In this state of society , where natural liberty is said to prevail , the mass are subject to the despotism ...
... abridged . If it is not thus abridged , if the weak are not protected from the strong , then they are the slaves of the strong . In this state of society , where natural liberty is said to prevail , the mass are subject to the despotism ...
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... abridged , as not to have a right to ride or walk in his neighbor's garden or parlor , or on the sidewalks of a city . Thus , in a great variety of ways , a member of civilized society consents to have his absolute liberty abridged ; he ...
... abridged , as not to have a right to ride or walk in his neighbor's garden or parlor , or on the sidewalks of a city . Thus , in a great variety of ways , a member of civilized society consents to have his absolute liberty abridged ; he ...
Page 32
... abridged , it is in a very slight de- gree . But examine a little closer . You see a sav- age making a bow . He toils at it , day by day , for a month . Nothing can exceed the patience and care with which he selects a stick , shapes it ...
... abridged , it is in a very slight de- gree . But examine a little closer . You see a sav- age making a bow . He toils at it , day by day , for a month . Nothing can exceed the patience and care with which he selects a stick , shapes it ...
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