 Hooker, defended the restriction of the suffrage on the ground that " the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser ; " Hooker replied that " in matters which concern the common good, a general council, chosen...  England in America, 1580-1652 - Página 209por Lyon Gardiner Tyler - 1904 - 355 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | George Bancroft - 1876 - 584 páginas
...from councillors ; but the question yet is, who those should be. In matters of greater consequence, which concern the common good, a general council, chosen by all, to transact businesses which concern all, I conceive, under favor, most suitable to rule, and most safe for relief... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1883 - 660 páginas
...from councillors ; but the question yet is, who those should be. In matters of greater consequence, which concern the common good, a general council, chosen by all, to transact businesses which concern all, I conceive, under favor, most suitable to rule, and most safe for relief... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - 1887 - 452 páginas
...; but he dissents from Winthrop's entire position, and says : " In matters of greater consequence, which concern the common good, a general council, chosen by all, to transact businesses which concern all, I conceive, under favor, most suitable to rule and most safe for relief... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1888 - 658 páginas
...from councillors ; but the question yet is, who those should be. In matters of greater consequence, which concern the common good, a general council, chosen by all, to transact businesses which concern all, I conceive, under favor, most suitable to rule, and most safe for relief... | |
 | John Fiske - 1889 - 338 páginas
..." the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser ; " Hooker replied that " in matters which concern the...good, a general council, chosen by all, to transact businesses which concern all, I conceive most suitable to rule and most safe for relief of the whole."... | |
 | John Fiske - 1889 - 328 páginas
..." the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser ; " Hooker replied that " in matters which concern the...good, a general council, chosen by all, to transact businesses which concern all, I conceive most suitable to rule and most safe for relief of the whole."... | |
 | 1889 - 450 páginas
...more clearly in 1776 than did the Rev. Thomas Hooker, pastor of the Newtown church, in 1635, saying, " In matters which concern the common good, a general council, chosen by all, to transact businesses which concern all I conceive most suitable to rule and most safe for the relief of the whole."... | |
 | Connecticut Historical Society - 1889 - 114 páginas
...from councillors. But the question yet is, who those should be. In matters of greater consequence, which concern the common good, a general council chosen by all, to transact businesses which concern all, I conceive, under favor, most suitable to rule, and most safe for relief... | |
 | John Fletcher Hurst - 1893 - 760 páginas
...was Thomas Hooker who unconsciously prophesied the Constitution of the United States when he said, " A general council, chosen by all, to transact business...conceive most suitable to rule, and most safe for relief of the whole." It was Samuel Adams, that bright flower of the sturdy Puritan line, who drew... | |
 | William Swinton - 1893 - 414 páginas
...afterward helped to frame the constitution of Connecticut, thought better of his fellow-men. He replied, " In matters which concern the common good, a general council chosen by all, to transact businesses which concern all, I conceive most suitable to rule, and most safe for the relief of the... | |
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