...drawn .to political affairs. In 1743, on taking the degree of '"Master of Arts at Harvard, he proposed the question, "Whether it be lawful to resist the...if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" and took the affirmative. In the legislature he was upon every committee, had a hand in writing...

...direction, appears from the subject he chose for his thesis upon taking his degree of AM lie proposed as a question, " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved ?" — as to which he supported the affirmative. Not succeeding in business,...

...drawn to political affairs. In 1743, on taking the degree of Master of Arts at Harvard, he proposed the question, " Whether it be lawful to resist the...if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ? " and took the affirmative. In the legislature he was upon every committee, had a hand in writing...

...was unvarying throughout his career. From his college thesis in 1743, when he affirmed that " it is lawful to resist the supreme magistrate if the Commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved," to the close of the arguments with the royal Governors, through a period of more than thirty years,...

...or political. The question proposed by Mr. Adams, the affirmative of which he defended, was this, " Whether it be lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved ? " So early was he in avowing an opinion scarcely contemplated at that day,...

...same consistency appears in his political theories.' In his college " part " he maintained the right " to resist the supreme magistrate if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved " ; and from the early beginning to the late evening of his public career, all that he wrote or said...

...consistency appears in his political theories. In his college •• part " he maintained the right - to resist the supreme magistrate if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved"; and from the early beginning to the late evening of his public career, all that he wrote or said or...

...Harvard, with the usual academical honors, in 1740. On taking the degree of master of arts he discussed the question, "Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth can not be otherwise preserved?" and maintained the affirmative with great ability. He commenced the...

...connection with Great Britain. When he graduated, the subject which he chose for his oration was : — "Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate,...the Commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved?" He maintained that it was lawful, and he enforced his opinion •with something of the boldness of later...

...has made immortal: "An supremo magistratni resistere liceret, si aliter servari rtspublica nequitf " ("Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved.") While Thomas Jefferson was yet an infant in his cradle, on the beautiful...