 | Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe - 1903 - 428 sivua
...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... | |
 | Herbert Levi Osgood - 1904 - 622 sivua
...y ness and unsafeness of referring matter of counsel or judicature to the body of the people, quia the best part is always the least, and of 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... | |
 | Lyon Gardiner Tyler - 1904 - 422 sivua
...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,... | |
 | Herbert Levi Osgood - 1904 - 618 sivua
...unwarrantableness and unsafeness of referring matter of counsel or judicature to the body of the people, quia the best part is always the least, and of 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... | |
 | Walter Seth Logan - 1904 - 40 sivua
...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... | |
 | Elroy McKendree Avery - 1905 - 536 sivua
...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... | |
 | Edward Channing - 1905 - 580 sivua
...unwarrantableness ... of referring matters of counsel or judicature to the body of the people, quia, the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser." In 1644 occurred one of the small revolutions which were not infrequent in earl}' Massachusetts. Winthrop... | |
 | James Oscar Pierce - 1906 - 352 sivua
...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,... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1907 - 448 sivua
...spoke of democracy as " the meanest and worst of all forms of government"; John Winthrop objected to " referring matter of counsel or judicature to the body...that best part the wiser part is always the lesser." 8 Thomas Hooker, Mm. Hist. Rev., VIII., 18-27. in a sermon preceding the adoption of the first constitution... | |
 | Willis I. Twitchell - 1907 - 298 sivua
...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... | |
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... the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser. 
