As to the origin of civil Societies or Governments; the Author of our Being, has given Man a Nature to be fitted for, and disposed to Society.
ABRAHAM J. WILLIAMS
ABRAHAM J. WILLIAMS
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Abraham J. Williams3 quotes“As to the origin of civil Societies or Governments; the Author of our Being, has given Man a Nature to be fitted for, and disposed to Society.”
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