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The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved

Posted on June 1, 1764April 25, 2013Author James OtisPosted in Colonial America, Essays

It is . . . true in fact and experience, as the great, the incomparable Harrington has most abundantly demonstrated in his Oceana and other divine writings, that empire follows the balance of property. ’Tis also certain that property in fact generally confers power, though the possessor of it may not have much more wit…

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