 | Henry Howe - Ohio - 1891 - 688 pages
...times. He reconi mended the division of the counties of Virginia into wards of six miles square. "These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital...the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man lor the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation." Again he says: "These little... | |
 | Henry Howe - Ohio - 1891 - 610 pages
...times. He recommended the division of the counties of Virginia into wards of six miles square. "These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital...the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for/the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation. ' ' Again he says : ' ' These... | |
 | John Fiske - Political Science - 1891 - 412 pages
...called townships in New Eng- ^Sip' hand, are the vital principle of their govern- 8°veramentments, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever...the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation.1 . . . As Cato, then, concluded every speech with the words Carthago delenda est, so... | |
 | American fiction - 1908 - 558 pages
...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 - England - 1892 - 574 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1892 - 578 pages
...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... | |
 | Massachusetts - Session laws - 1893 - 1136 pages
...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... | |
 | William Eustis Russell - Massachusetts - 1893 - 502 pages
...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... | |
 | Brooklyn Ethical Association - Evolution - 1893 - 446 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1893 - 1080 pages
...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... | |
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These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their governments, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation. 
