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" I purpose that which is extraordinary, and to leave myself and successors no power of doing mischief, that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country... "
A History of Quaker Government in Pennsylvania - Page 45
by Isaac Sharpless - 1898
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Memoirs of the Private and Public Life of William Penn, Volume 1

Thomas Clarkson - 1813 - 514 pages
...purpose that which is extraordinary, and'i leave myself and successors no power of doing mischief^ that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a -whole country" It has appeared secondly, that he made universal Toleration the great cornerstone...
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The American Preceptor Improved:: Being a New Selection of Lessons for ...

Caleb Bingham - Readers - 1820 - 226 pages
...in my power to settle one, I purpose to leave myself and my successors no power of doing mischief, that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country. 4. But this was not all; he took the utmost care to protect the Indians in their rights,...
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The American Preceptor

Caleb Bingham - 1825 - 234 pages
...in my power to settle one, I purpose to leave myself and my successors no power of doing mischief, that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country. 4. But this was not all; he took the utmost care to protect the Indians in their rights,...
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Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Volume 1

Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Bibliography - 1826 - 452 pages
...governments., so it is now put into my power to settle one. For the matters of liberty and privilege, I purpose that which is extraordinary, and to leave myself and successors no power of doeing mischief; that the will of one man may not hinder the good of an whole country ; but to publish...
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The History of the Rise and Progress of the United States of North ..., Volume 2

James Grahame - United States - 1827 - 548 pages
...I purpose that which is extraordinary, and leave myself and successors no power of doing mischief, that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country." The liberal institutions that arose shortly after in Pennsylvania, and the happiness...
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Annals of Philadelphia,: Being a Collection of Memoirs, Anecdotes ...

John Fanning Watson - New York (N.Y.) - 1830 - 902 pages
...confusion." In his letter of 1681, he says: •• For the matters of liberty and privilege, I purpose that which is extraordinary, and to leave myself and successors no power of doing mischief — that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country." Embued with such maxims of...
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The History of the United States of North America, Till the ..., Volume 2

James Grahame - United States - 1833 - 556 pages
...I purpose that which is extraordinary, and leave myself and successors no power of doing mischief, that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country." The liberal institutions that arose shortly after in Pennsylvania, and the happiness...
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Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania, Volume 12

Pennsylvania - 1834 - 438 pages
...I purpose that which is extraordinary; and leave myself and successors no power of doing mischief, that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country. A government is free to the people under it, when- the laws rule and the people are...
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The Gallery of Portraits:: With Memoirs ....

Biography - 1836 - 506 pages
...each. And he declares his intention " to leave myself and my successors no power of doing mischief ; that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country." This constitution, as originally organized by Penn, consisted, says Mr. Clarkson,...
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A history of the United States, Volume 2

George Bancroft - 1837 - 496 pages
...purpose, that which is extraordinary — to leave myself and successors no power of doeing mischief ; that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country.'12 — " It is the great end of government to support power in reverence with the...
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