...Cessar Scott. 30 .31 Alexander Hamilton stated In 1775: "The sacred rights of mankind are not to be 32 . .rummaged for among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as 33 with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity '34 : : itself;...

...vested him with it. (cited in Howard, 1968, p. 195) More specifically, Hamilton wrote, in 1775, that "the sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged...with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power" (cited in Bailyn,...

...human can take away. As the young Alexander Hamilton insisted on the eve of the American Revolution: "The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged...with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature by the hand of the divinity itself and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power."2 Nor is this...

...patriotic party, Alexander Hamilton, the immigrant at King's College. "The sacred rights of mankind ... are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the Divinity itself... ." 1S But the patriots, strongest in New York City, were themselves...

...skillful invective and such rhetorical flourishes as the proclamation that the sacred rights of mankind "are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." u Where Hamilton...

...woman could assume was endless. Observations on Certain Documents, New York, August 25, 1797 Rights The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged...with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature by the hand of the divinity itself and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power. The Farmer...

...elucidate the intentions of the Almighty"; and Miller's own pithy elucidation of a Hamilton quote: "The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged...with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power" (pp. 14-15)....

...law was now seen to have had its foundation in the pure law of nature. Alexander Hamilton wrote that The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged...parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be...

...Constitution, and in 2797, on the present situation of public affairs (Wilmington: WC Smyth, 1797), 184 n. The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged...parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sum beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of divinity itself; and can never be erased...

...Hamilton's writings contain statements deleterious to inquiry and to preserving the historical record. "The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records," Hamilton wrote. "They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the...