...philosophers. It is set forth in terms in one of the noblest passages to be found in English prose : — ' Society is indeed a contract. Subordinate contracts...each particular State is but a clause in the great primeval contract of eternal society, linking the lower with the higher natures, connecting the visible...

...cannot be obtained but in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who arc living, but between those who are living, those who...each particular state, is but a clause in the great primeval contract of eternal society, linking the lower with the higher natures, connecting the visible...

...that aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that by their poisouous weeds, and wild incantations, they may regenerate...between those who are living, but between those who are dead, and those who are to be born. Each contract of each particular state is but a clause in the great...

...interest, and to be dissolved at the fancy of the parties. It is not a partnership in things subHervient to the gross animal existence of a temporary and perishable...between those who are living, but between those who are dead, and those who are to be born. Each contractof each particular state, is but a clause in the great...

...mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure — but the state ought not to be considered nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade...each particular state is but a clause in the great primeval contract of eternal society, linking the lower with the higher natures, connecting the visible...

...the necessity of this union; and that, therefore, is the solid and natural foundation, as well ment in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco,...each particular state is but a clause in the great primeval contract of eternal society, linking the lower with the higher natures, connecting the visible...

...interest, and to be dissolved at the fancy of the parties. It is not a partnership in things subservient to the gross animal existence of a temporary and perishable...between those who are living, but between those who are dead, and those who are to be born. Each contractof each particular state, is but a clause in the great...

...in all science, a partnership In all art, a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. Ae the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained...between those who are living, but between those who are dead, and those who are to be born. Eeeh contractor each particular state, is but a clause in the great...

...characterized as "a partnership in all science, in all art, in every virtue, and in all perfection ; a partnership, not only between those who are living,...who are living, those who are dead, and those who are yet to be born." These striking words, which are from the pen of the celebrated Edmund Burke, call...

...perpetuity of a nation, we are perpetually in danger of leaving * " The State," says Edmund Burke, " is not a partnership in things subservient only to...each particular state is but a clause in the great primeval contract of eternal society, linking the lower with the higher natures, connecting the visible...