...hoped, that his example was followed in other houses. His view of the community at large was that " the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser." In spite of this austere opinion he did not escape accusations of undue lenity and laxity. Once when...

...and these spokesmen were naturally led to emphasize the divergence in their political views. Winthrop "expostulated about the unwarrantableness and unsafeness...that best part the wiser part is always the lesser." In his Journal, also, he recorded the opinion that the failure of Connecticut to show the desired spirit...

...these spokesmen were naturally led to emphasize the divergence in their political views. Winthrop " expostulated about the unwarrantableness and unsafeness...that best part the wiser part is always the lesser." In his Journal, also, he recorded the opinion that the failure of Connecticut to show the desired spirit...

...emphasize the divergence in their political views. Winthrop "expostulated about the unwarrantable- y ness and unsafeness of referring matter of counsel or judicature...that best part the wiser part is always the lesser." In his Journal, also, he recorded the opinion that the failure of Connecticut to show the desired spirit...

...the ministers agreed with him. Winthrop defended his view in a letter to Hooker on the ground that " the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser." But Hooker replied that "in matters which concern the common good a general council, chosen by all,...

...theunwarrantableness and unsafeness of referring matter of counsel or judicature to the body of the people, because the best part is always the least and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser." This is a clear and concise statement of the argument that has been made since the world began in favor...

..." people." In 1638 he wrote to Thomas Hooker 1 of " the unwarrantableness ... of referring matters of counsel or judicature to the body of the people,...that best part the wiser part is always the lesser." In 1644 occurred one of the small revolutions which were not infrequent in early Massachusetts. Winthrop...

...laid in the free consent of the people." On the other hand, the Massachusetts governor insisted that "the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser." The Connecticut freemen made their democracy the chief corner-stone of their commonwealth and, to the example...

...that it was unsafe to refer matters "of counsel or judicature" to the people, because, as he urged, "the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser." Assenting to Winthrop 's suggestion that the people should refer matters of counsel to their counsellors,...

...he did not believe in having the people rule themselves. It was a saying of his that in a community "the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser." It seemed to him, therefore, that a select few ought to do the governing. And that view for quite a...