The revelation of rights by Elias E. Ellmaker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellmaker, Elias E.

Series:

Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926: American Law.

The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926: American Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p. )

Place of Publication:

Columbus Ohio : Printed for the publisher by Wright & Legg, 1841.

Summary:

"The title which is prefixed to the following pages, may perhaps sound singular in the ears of some readers--The Revelation of Rights. The author does not assume this title because he has been gifted with inspiration more than any other man living. The rights and principles, which are herein expressed, are by the Almighty engraven on the hearts of all men. They have been obliterated by custom, prejudice, and false government;--they have been buried in the family vault of tradition. From a wrong habit of thinking, many things are believed to be right, which have been eternally wrong. The author has endeavored, in some measure, to remove the great impediments that have long blocked up the threshhold of truth, in the noblest science of man--the Science of Government. When a man undertakes to combat with custom, with general received and long established opinions, he must expect a warm and strong opposition. He rows against the wind, and stems the tide. Principles, however just, however true, must first become fashionable before they meet with general approbation. Prejudice and custom have covered the breast of man with a plate of steel--the covering must be removed by the hand of reason, and the heart will then exhibit the true characters, which have been engraven upon it by the finger of God"-- Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved).

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Reproduction of original from Harvard Law School Library.

OCLC:

60721078