...side. He who, as a Harvard College student, in 1743, had maintained the affirmative of the Thesis, " Whether it be lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate,...the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved," and who during those whole threeand-thirty years since had been training up himself and training up his...

...the decree of AM at Harvard College, 1 743, he maintained the affirmative of the question : Wbether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ? He intended at first to become л clergyman, but afterwards commenced a small...

...On receiving the degree of AM in 1743, he proposed, and took the affirmative in the discussion of, the question, " Whether it be lawful to resist the...if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved 3 " About the same time he pub. a pamphlet called Englishmen's Riyhti. Unsuccessful as a merchant,...

...manifested ; on takiug the degree of AM at Harvard College, 1T43, he maintained the affirmative of the question : Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ? He intended at first to become a clergyman, but afterwards commenced a small...

...mandates of kings unless they themselves keep their agreements with their subjects? Neg. 1738. Is it lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be saved? Aff. 1743. [Samuel Adams.] Is civil government absolutely necessary for men? Aff. 1738. [John...

...graduated at Harvard College, when he took his master's degree, in 1743, he proposed as his thesis the question, " Whether it be lawful to resist the...if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved." On this question he maintained the affirmative. This is the text of the sermon of his life, and the...

...University, and only eighteen years of age, going up for his Master's degree, chose for his thesis, " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved." GEORGE WASHINGTON, when quite young, was about to go to sea as a midshipman, everything being in readiness....

...Adams maintained, on taking his degree of master of arrs at Harvard, the affirmative of the thesis, whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved. In this hour of the calamity of her sister college I am glad to believe that Harvard does not forget...

...early manifested; on taking the degree of AM at Harvard college, 1743, he maintained the affirmative of the question: Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved? He intended at first to become a clergyman, but afterwards commenced a small...

...connection with Great Britain. When he graduated, the subject which he chose for his oration was : — "Whether it be lawful to resist the Supreme magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved?" He maintained that it was lawful, and ho enforced his opinion with something...