 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1907 - 434 sivua
...John Winthrop objected to " 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." 3 Thomas Hooker, l Am. Hist. Rev., VIII., 18-27. 2 Tocqueville, Democracy in America (Spencer ed.),... | |
 | 1907 - 1004 sivua
...orthodoxy. Governor Winthrop could still appeal confidently to the Bostonian respect for minorities, "the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser is always the lesser." This method of arriving at truth by the elimination of the mentally unfit is... | |
 | John Winthrop - 1908 - 368 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...and thou shalt bring the matter to the judge, etc. 3. That they did still exercise jurisdiction at Agawam, though one of their commissioners disclaimed... | |
 | Edward Hooker - 1909 - 618 sivua
...unwarrantableness 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... | |
 | Edward Hooker - 1909 - 610 sivua
...unwarrantableness 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... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - 1911 - 746 sivua
...Winthrop defended the exclusive Puritan system in a letter to a protesting friend by the remark : " The best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser." It was natural that this " Puritan aristocracy," which seemed 50. Reaction so harsh to many colonists,... | |
 | Edna Henry Lee Turpin - 1911 - 546 sivua
...ought to be in the hands of a few. " The best part is always the least," Governor Winthrop said, " and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser." Rev. Thomas Hooker and other liberal men thought that all people should have a voice in the government.... | |
 | 1912 - 270 sivua
...members of the dominant church. In defense of this, Winthrop, first Governor of Massachusetts, wrote: 'The best part is always the least — and of that best part the wiser is always the lesser.' To which Thomas Hooker — who later founded Connecticut — replied : 'In matters... | |
 | Carl Lotus Becker - 1915 - 338 sivua
...in the free consent of the people," whereas Winthrop maintained that the best part of the people " is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser." And so, when the petitioners were permitted to leave, the strong bent of their spirits directed them,... | |
 | 1915 - 340 sivua
...in the free consent of the people," whereas Winthrop maintained that the best part of the people " is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser." And so, when the petitioners were permitted to leave, the strong bent of their spirits directed them,... | |
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... the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser. 
