...industrie and by the fruits of tie earth they may nourish themselves and live contentedly, is to conferre all their power and strength upon one man, or upon...may reduce all their wills by plurality of voices, into one •will ; ... and therein to submit their wills every one to his will, and their judgements...

...Industrie and by the fruits of the earth they may nourish themselves and live contentedly ; is to conferre all their power and strength upon one man, or upon...their wills, by plurality of voices, unto one will ; . . and therein to submit their wills every one to his will, and their judgements to his judgement....

...community to erect a common power to keep all in awe, and to direct their actions to the common benefit is, to confer all their power and strength upon one man or one assembly of men, that may reduce all their wills, by plurality of votes, into one will." * Locke's•...

...own industry, and by the fruits of the earih, they may nourish themselves and live contentedly, i-, to confer all their power and strength upon one man,...of voices, unto one will : which is as much as to sny, to appoint one man, or assembly of men, to bear their person ; and every one to own, and acknowledge...

...can establish a body politic. The only way for security us "to confer all their power and strength on one man, or upon •one assembly of men, that may reduce all their wills, by plurality of voices, to one will." ' We must, then, consider the state of nature as lasting until the desired security is...

...way to erect such a coercive power, and thus to escape from the natural condition of war, is for men ''to confer all their power and strength upon one...may reduce all their wills, by plurality of voices, into one will * * * This is more than consent or concord ; it is a real unity of them all, in one and...

...to erect such a coercive power, and thus to escape from the natural condition of war, is for men '' to confer all their power and strength upon one man,...may reduce all their wills, by plurality of voices, into one will * * * This is more than consent or concord ; it is a real unity of them all, in one and...

...that law of nature which dictates self-preservation. " The only way to erect a common power among men, is to confer all their power and strength upon one...one assembly of men that may reduce all their wills into one will; which is as much as to say to appoint one man or assembly of men to bear their persons,...

...may be able to defend them from the invasion of foreigners and the injuries of one another,' men ' confer all their power and strength upon one man or upon one assembly of men, . . . ie 'appoint one man or assembly of men to bear their person. . . . This is more than consent...

...be established in the following manner : A large number of individuals may assemble together and " confer all their power and strength upon one man, or upon one assembly of men, ... to bear their person ; and every one to own and acknowledge himself to be author of whatsoever...