...it : and therefore all fuch claufes, acts or declarations, by which the makers of them attempt to do what they have neither the right nor the power to do, nor the power to execute, are in themlelves null and void. • Every age and generation muft be as free to act for itfelf, in all cafes,...

...it : and therefore all fuch claufes, acts or declarations, by which the makers of them attempt to do what they have neither the right nor the power to do, nor the power to execute, are in themfelves null and void. • Every age and generation mult be as free to act for itfelf, in all cafes,...

...; and therefore all fuch claufes, afts, or declarations, by which the makers of them attempt to do, what they have neither the right nor the power to do, nor the power to execute, are in themfelves null and void. " When man ceafes to be, his power and his wants ceafe with him ; and having...

...it: and THEREFORE, all fuch claufes, afts, or declarations, by which the makers of them attempt to do what they have neither the right, nor the power to do, nor the power to execute, are in themfelvcs NULL AND VOID. Every age, and generation, muft be as free ta aft for itfelf, in all cafes,...

...it: and THEREFORE, all fuch claufes, a£h, or declarations, by which the makers of them attempt to do what they have neither the right, nor the power to do, nor the power to execute, are in themfelves N ULL AND VOID. Every age, and generation, muft be as free to aft for itfelf, in all cafes,...

...right to enter into any agreement or contract respecting the government of posterity, for, says he, " every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases, as the age and generation which preceded it." A more self-evident position than this could not have been advanced,...

...settled," and then,. conscious of the weakness of his argument, he falls violently on Paine's theory, that every age and generation must be as free to act for...cases, as the ages and generations which preceded it ; a theory which will not now be easily shaken, until men have learned the secret how to unthink their...

...it; and therefore aL such clauses, acts, or declarations, by which the makers of them attempt to do what they have neither the right nor the power to...and generation must be as free to act for itself, in till cases, as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing...

...it; and therefore al. such clauses, acts, or declarations, by which the makers of them attempt to do what they have neither the right nor the power to do, nor the power to execute, aro in themselves null and void Every a£e and generation must be as free to act for itself, in all...

...right to enter into any agreement or contract respecting the government of posterity, for, say she, ' every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases, as the v / age and generation which preceded it." A more self-evident position than this could not have been...