...this latter occasion, he proposed the following question, in which he maintained the affirmative : " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" On quitting the university, he commenced the study of the law ; bat soon afterwards, at the request...

...this latter occasion, he proposed the following question, in which he maintained the affirmative : " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" On quitting the university, 1ft commenced the study of the law ; but soon afterwards, at the request...

...this latter occasion, he proposed the following question, in which he maintained the affirmative : " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved." On quitting the university, he commenced the study of the law ; but soon afterwards, at the request...

...this latter occasion, he proposed the following question, in which he maintained the affirmative: " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved." THE memories of few men will perhaps be cherished, by their posterity, with a more jealous and grateful...

...when he commenced Master of Arts at Harvard College, in 1743, proposed this question for debate : " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved." He maintained the affirmative. When the affair of Lexington took place, he...

...were conferred 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 aflinnativc of this proposition, and thus evinced, at this...

...received its honours in 1740. When he took the degree of master, in 1743, he proposed the following question : " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme...the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved?" He maintained the affirmative and this collegiate exercise furnished a very significant index to his subsequent...

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

...pamphlet, entitled " Englishmen's Rights." When he took his second degree, the thesis he discussed was, "Whether it be lawful to resist the SUPREME MAGISTRATE,...the. Commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved?" This he affirmed and maintained with great force, in the presence of the king's Governor and his Council,...

...characteristic of him who had maintained, on receiving his second degree at Harvard, in 1743, that it was "lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved," with the same sincere zeal with which he practiced the thesis. When Gen. Gage, after the battle, offered...