 | John Cleaves Henderson - 1890 - 408 sivua
...said ; " These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their government, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever...the perfect exercise of self-government and for its V* preservation." The form of township government which Jefferson esteemed as highly as he did still... | |
 | John Fiske - 1890 - 412 sivua
...called townships in New Eng- J^SJ* land, are the vital principle of their govern- government, ments, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever...the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation.1 . . . As Cato, then, concluded every speech with the words Carthago delenda est, so... | |
 | 1902 - 708 sivua
...early communities. Of the New England townmeetings, Jefferson said over a century ago that they were "the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government and its perpetuation." And Charles Sumner said : "The towns of Massachusetts, like the municipalities of... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - 1895 - 508 sivua
...and strove to introduce it into Virginia. He said : ' ' These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their governments, and...exercise of self-government and for its preservation." And again: " These little republics would be the main strength of the great one. We owe to them the... | |
 | Massachusetts. Governor - 1891 - 702 sivua
...for his native State, turned to New England and said : " Those wards called townships in New England are the vital principle of their governments, and...exercise of self-government and for its preservation." John Adams, the framer of our Constitution, enumerated " the towns, militia, schools and churches as... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1891 - 684 sivua
...counties of Virginia into wards of six miles square. " These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their governments, and...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation." Again he says: "These tittle republics would be the main strength of the great one. We owe to them... | |
 | John Fiske - 1891 - 412 sivua
...called townships in New Eng- ^Sip' hand, are the vital principle of their govern- 8°veramentments, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever...the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation.1 . . . As Cato, then, concluded every speech with the words Carthago delenda est, so... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1891 - 610 sivua
...counties of Virginia into wards of six miles square. "These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their governments, and...the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for/the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation. ' ' Again he says : ' ' These... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1891 - 688 sivua
...counties of Virginia into wards of six miles square. "These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their governments, and...the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man lor the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation." Again he says: "These little... | |
 | 1908 - 558 sivua
...Community effort has been its keynote. Jefferson said: "Those wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their governments, and...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation Divide the counties into wards." Such is taking place to-day. This tendency has shown itself especially... | |
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These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their governments, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government and for its preservation. 
