 These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their governments, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation.  Historic Towns of New England - Stran 7uredili: - 1899 - 599 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Brooklyn Ethical Association - 1893 - 446 strani
...desired its adoption in his own Virginia. " Those wards called townships in New England," he said, " are the vital principle of their governments, and...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation, f GROWTH AXD SPREAD OF POPULAB EDUCATION. Popular education has been one of the most prominent and... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1893 - 1080 strani
...450, and in Iowa about 500. "These townships meetings," as Jefferson said, "are the vital principles of their governments, and have proved themselves the...exercise of self-government and for its preservation." So far as our own country is concerned, there is one other authority I should like to quote — a living... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1893 - 582 strani
...certain to produce satisfactory results. Jefferson was indeed a far-seeing statesman, and he "These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital...governments ; and have proved themselves the wisest inventions ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government and for its preservation."... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1893 - 592 strani
...certain to produce satisfactory results. Jefferson was indeed a far-seeing statesman, and he says: "These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital...governments ; and have proved themselves the wisest inventions ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government and for its preservation."... | |
 | Joshua William Caldwell - 1895 - 222 strani
...proper development indisputably requires an enlarged right of self-government. Thomas Jefferson said : " Those wards called Townships in New England, are the...exercise of self-government and for its preservation." * John Fiske, who quotes this saying, expresses his own opinion of the Township system as follows :... | |
 | James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1896 - 576 strani
...of Jefferson, who eighty years ago desired to see the system transplanted to his own Virginia: — "Those wards called townships in New England are the...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation. ... As Cato, then, concluded every speech with the words ' Carthago delenda est, ' so do I every opinion... | |
 | Charles Henry Douglas - 1896 - 124 strani
...civil interests, they endanger their own peace and prosperity. '<©ut transtultt, sustinet.' " These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their government, and have proved themselves the icisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the... | |
 | John Fiske - 1897 - 460 strani
...system than under the Virginia system. t°o P ™Zp' Jefferson said: " Those wards, called government, townships in New England, are the vital principle...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation. 1 . . . As Cato, then, concluded every speech with the words Carthago delenda est, so do I every opinion... | |
 | John Fiske - 1897 - 462 strani
...system than under the Virginia system. t°op™^ipf Jefferson said : " Those wards, called government. townships in New England, are the vital principle...the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation.1 ... As Cato, then, concluded every speech with the words Carthago delenda est, so do... | |
 | John Fiske - 1897 - 466 strani
...than under the Virginia system, toirmhip' Jefferson said : " Those wards, called government. townsnips in New England, are the vital principle of their governments,...the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation.1 . . . As Cato, then, concluded every speech with the words Carthago delenda est, so... | |
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