 | 1834 - 426 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... | |
 | Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1836 - 496 pages
...honours 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,...if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" lie maintained the affirmative and this collegiate exercise furnished a very significant index to... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - 1836 - 530 pages
...this latter occasion, he proposed the following question, in which he maintained the affirmative: " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" On quitting the university, he commenced the study of the law; but soon afterwards, at the request... | |
 | James Herring - 1839 - 526 pages
...Harvard university at an early age, and graduated in 1740, when he discussed the following question, " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved." He maintained the affirmative in the presence of the king's governor and council... | |
 | Nathaniel Dwight - 1840 - 394 pages
...inferred from the question which he proposed for discussion when he took his second degree. It was this, whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved. He adopted and defended the affirmative of the proposition ; and in his manner of sustaining it, at that... | |
 | 1841 - 956 pages
...honours 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.... | |
 | Edward Currier - 1841 - 474 pages
...this latter occasion, he proposed the following question, in which he maintained the affirmative : " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" On quitting the university, he commenced the study of the law ; bat soon afterwards, at the request... | |
 | Francis Alexander Durivage - 1841 - 794 pages
...usual academical honors, in 1740. On taking the degree of AM he discussed the following question ; " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved?" and maintained the affirmative with great ability. He commenced the study of divinity but found his... | |
 | M. Sears - 1842 - 586 pages
...this latter occasion, he proposed the following question, in which he maintained the affirmative : " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved." On quitting the university, he commenced the study of the law ; but soon afterwards, at the request... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - 1842 - 610 pages
...this latter occasion, he proposed the following question, in which he maintained the affirmative : " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" On quitting the university, 1ft commenced the study of the law ; but soon afterwards, at the request... | |
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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. 
