 | Thomas Jones Rogers - 1823 - 382 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 otherwise be preserved?" He maintained the affirmative of this proposition, and thus evinced, at this... | |
 | 1863 - 538 pages
...side. He who, as a Harvard College student, in 1743, had main. tained the affirmative of the Thesis, " Whether it be lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved," and who during those whole three-and-thirty years since had been training... | |
 | Declaration - 1827 - 364 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,...proposition, and thus evinced, at this early period of life, his attachment to the liberties of the people. While he was a student, his father allowed him... | |
 | John Sanderson - 1828 - 728 pages
...the following question for discussion, " whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magis • trate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved.'" He maintained the affirmative of the proposition, and thus evinced, at this early period of life, his attachment to the liberties of... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1829 - 666 pages
...honors 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,...otherwise preserved ?" He maintained the affirmative, and this collegiate exercise furnished a very significant index to his subsequent political career.... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 494 pages
...scientific attainments. On taking the degree of master, in 1743, he proposed the following question, " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...otherwise preserved ?" He maintained the affirmative ; and in this collegiate exercise furnished no dubious evidence of his attachment to the liberties... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1829 - 638 pages
...its honors 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,...otherwise preserved ?" He maintained the affirmative, and this collegiate exercise furnished a very significant index to his subsequent political career.... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1879 - 634 pages
...1740. When he took the degree of master, in 1743, he proposed the following question ; " Whether ¡t be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" lie maintained the affirmative, and this collegiate exercise furnished a very significant index... | |
 | Benjamin Waterhouse - 1831 - 482 pages
...graduated at the university of Cambridge in the year 1740, when he discussed the following thesis, " Whether it be lawful to resist the SUPREME MAGISTRATE, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved ? " He maintained the affirmative, which was remarkable for that time and place... | |
 | William Allen - 1832 - 820 pages
...1740. When he commenced master of arts in 1743, he proposed the following question for discussion, Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved ? He maintained the affirmative, and thus early showed his attachment to the... | |
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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 significant index to his subsequent political career. 
