 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 5avtor: Lyman P. Powell - 1898Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1883
...at that important crisis." * And in this he voices the sentiments of Jefferson, who says : " These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital...exercise of self-government and for its preservation." * In the constitution which Michigan adopted on becoming a State, in 1837, the governor had important... | |
 | Edwin Doak Mead - 1883
...Describing the town-meeting in the Old South Meeting-house, when Warren gave his second oration. 5 These townships in New England are the vital principle of...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation. . . . Where every man is a sharer in the direction of his townrepublic, and feels that he is a participator... | |
 | Johns Hopkins University - 1883
...people at that important crisis."1 And in this lie voices the sentiments of Jefferson, who says: "These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their governments, aud have proved themselves the wisest invention, ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise... | |
 | Johns Hopkins University - 1884
...Jefferson becomes almost fierce in the earnestness with which he urges Virginia to adopt the township. " Those wards, called townships in New England, are...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... | |
 | 1894
...extending, so that the prophetic injunction of Thomas Jefferson seems likely to be fulfilled:— " Those wards, called townships, in New England are...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation. ... As Cato then concluded every speech with the words ' Carthago delenda «•/,' so do I every opinion... | |
 | 1884
...Jefferson becomes almost fierce in the earnestness with which he urges Virginia to adopt the township. "Those wards, called townships in New England, are...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation. .... As Cato, then, concluded every speech with the words ' Carthac/o delcnda est,' so do I every opinion... | |
 | 1884
...reared in the midst of another system, aristocratical and central in its character, who said : " These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital...exercise of selfgovernment and for its preservation." The New England town-house, therefore, is significant of more than its predecessor in England or Germany.... | |
 | James Kendall Hosmer - 1885 - 442 strani
...Jefferson becomes almost fierce in the earnestness with which he urges Virginia to adopt the township. " Those wards, called townships in New England, are...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... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1885 - 519 strani
...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."... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1886 - 519 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."... | |
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