| 1908 - 558 стор.
...rooting self-government anew in the neighborhood. Community effort has been its keynote. Jefferson said: "Those wards, called townships in New England, are...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation Divide the counties into wards." Such is taking place to-day. This tendency has shown itself especially... | |
| Douglas Campbell - 1892 - 574 стор.
...said : " These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their government ; and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation." De Tocqueville wrote, over fifty years ago : " The more we descend towards the South, the less active... | |
| Douglas Campbell - 1892 - 578 стор.
...to copy directly the parishes and vestries, boroughs and guilds, of England. Jefferson said: "These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their government ; and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the... | |
| William Eustis Russell - 1893 - 502 стор.
...Jefferson, when studying the best form of government for his native State, turned to New England, and said: "Those wards called townships in New England are the...exercise of self-government and for its preservation. " John Adams, the f rainer of our Constitution, enumerated "the towns, militia, schools, and churches... | |
| Massachusetts - 1893 - 1136 стор.
...Jefferson, wbeu studying the best form of government for his native state, turned to ^Jew England and said: "Those wards called townships in New England are the...exercise of self-government and for its preservation." John Adams, the framer of our constitution, enumerated " the towns, militia, schools and churches as... | |
| Brooklyn Ethical Association - 1893 - 446 стор.
...desired its adoption in his own Virginia. " Those wards called townships in New England," he said, " are the vital principle of their governments, and...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation, f GROWTH AXD SPREAD OF POPULAB EDUCATION. Popular education has been one of the most prominent and... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1893 - 1080 стор.
...450, and in Iowa about 500. "These townships meetings," as Jefferson said, "are the vital principles of their governments, and have proved themselves the...exercise of self-government and for its preservation." So far as our own country is concerned, there is one other authority I should like to quote — a living... | |
| Andrew Carnegie - 1893 - 592 стор.
...certain to produce satisfactory results. Jefferson was indeed a far-seeing statesman, and he says: "These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital...governments ; and have proved themselves the wisest inventions ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government and for its preservation."... | |
| Andrew Carnegie - 1893 - 582 стор.
...certain to produce satisfactory results. Jefferson was indeed a far-seeing statesman, and he "These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital...governments ; and have proved themselves the wisest inventions ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government and for its preservation."... | |
| Joshua William Caldwell - 1895 - 222 стор.
...proper development indisputably requires an enlarged right of self-government. Thomas Jefferson said : " Those wards called Townships in New England, are the...exercise of self-government and for its preservation." * John Fiske, who quotes this saying, expresses his own opinion of the Township system as follows :... | |
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