 The best part of a community is always the least, and of that best part, the wiser is always the lesser ; wherefore the old law was, choose ye out judges, &,c., and thou shalt bring the matter to the judge.  American Biography - Страница 175по Jeremy Belknap - 1846Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Jedidiah Morse, Elijah Parish - 1804 - 398 страници
...forming their constitution, he warned them of this danger, and wisely remarked in his letter, that " the best part of a community is always the 'least, and of that best part, the wiser is still less, wherefore the old canon was, choose ye out judges, and thou shalt bring the matter before... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse, Elijah Parish - 1808 - 226 страници
...forming their constitution, he warned them of this danger, and wisely remarked in his letter, that " the best part of a community is always the least, and of that best part, the wiser is still less, wherefore the old canon was, choose ye out judges, and thou shalt bring the matter before... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1816 - 458 страници
...people of Connecticut were about forming a government, he wrote them a letter in which he observed, " the best part of a community is always the least, and of that least part, the wiser are still less." In the course of his life, he repeatedly experienced the versatility... | |
 | John Winthrop - 1826 - 452 страници
...quia the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser. The old law was, choose ye out judges &c. and thou shalt bring the matter to the judge &c. 3. That they did still exercise jurisdiction at Agawam, though one of their commissioners disclaimed... | |
 | John Winthrop - 1826 - 440 страници
...quia the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser. The old law was, choose ye out judges &c. and thou shalt bring the matter to the judge &c. 3. That they did still exercise jurisdiction at Agawam, though one of their commissioners disclaimed... | |
 | John Winthrop - 1826 - 446 страници
...quia the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser. The old law was, choose ye out judges &c. and thou shalt bring the matter to the judge &c. 3. That they did still exercise jurisdiction at Agawam, though one of their commissioners disclaimed... | |
 | Caleb Hopkins Snow - 1828 - 512 страници
...those of some of the wise and good men with whom he ivas associated. On this subject he has left us these remarkable words ; ' the best part of a community...always the least, and of that best part the wiser is still less.' His ideas of the right of a publick officer to exercise his own judgment are thus conveyed... | |
 | General Association of Connecticut - 1856 - 818 страници
...warning them of the danger of referring matters of judicature to the body of the people," in these words: " The best part of a community is always the least, and of that tjest part the wiser is still less ; wherefore the old canon was, choose ye out judges, and thou shall... | |
 | 1848 - 360 страници
...people of Connecticut were about forming a government, he wrote them a letter, in which he observed, " the best part of a community is always the least, and of that least part the wiser are still less." In a speech to the General Court, he took occasion to express... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1850 - 332 страници
...own earlier Governors — an observation of the first Governor of Massachusetts (Winthrop) — that " the best part of a community is always the least, and of this least part the wiser is always the less" — a remark which deserves special remembrance, not... | |
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