...upon him. On the latter occasion, he proposed the following question for discussion, *' whether it be lawful to resist the .supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved?" He maintained the affirmative of this proposition, and thus evinced, at this period of his life, his...

...a Harvard College student, in 1743, had main. tained the affirmative of the Thesis, " Whether it be lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved," and who during those whole three-and-thirty years since had been training up himself and training up...

...the university of Cambridge in the year 1740, when he discussed the following thesis, " Whether it be lawful to resist the SUPREME MAGISTRATE, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved ? " He maintained the affirmative, which was remarkable for that time and place ; for it wae in presence...

...commenced master of arts in 1743, he proposed the following question for discussion, Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved ? He maintained the affirmative, and thus early showed his attachment to the liberties of the people....

...upon him. On the latter occasion, he proposed the following question for discussion, "whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved?" He maintained the affirmative of this proposition, and thus evinced, at this period of his life, his...

...indulgence of a taste for sacred music, for which he was qualified by the possession of a most angelic voice, and of a soul solemnly impressed with religious...lines, the philosophy of the American Revolution. His after-life shewed that his practice was not below his theory. On leaving college, he devoted himself...

...which he cherished through life, by maintaining in the thesis which gained him his literary degree, that " it is lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved." A sincere and devout puritan in religion, grave in his manners, pure in his morals, simple, frugal,...

...which he cherished through life, by maintaining in the thesis which gained him his literary degree, that " it is lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved." A sincere and devout puritan in religion, grave in his manners, pure in his morals, simple, frugal,...

...took his final degree, showed that other ideas had also received his attention. It was this: "Is it lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved." In a masterly manner he maintained the affirmative of this proposition, and with enrapturing eloquence...

...university at an early age, and graduated in 1740, when he discussed the following question, " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved." He maintained the affirmative in the presence of the king's governor and council ; and thus evinced,...