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Ezra Stiles was a prominent American educator and theologian, serving as the president of Yale College from 1778 to 1795. He is recognized for his contributions to the advancement of higher education in the United States and his efforts to reform the curriculum at Yale. Stiles was also a significant figure in the American Revolution and a fervent abolitionist.

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“With the people, especially a people seized of property, resides the aggregate of original power.”

People Originals Property

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“The United States are under peculiar obligations to become a holy people unto the Lord our God.”

People States United Lord United States Holy Obligation Peculiar

Book:The United States Elevated to Glory and Honour; a Sermon [on Deut. Xxvi. 19] ... Second Edition, Corrected

Source: The United States Elevated to Glory and Honour; a Sermon [on Deut. Xxvi. 19] ... Second Edition, Corrected

“A few scattered accounts, collected and combined together, may lead us to two certain conclusions: 1. That all the American Indians are one kind of people; 2. That they are the same as the people in the northeast of Asia.”

People Kind May Two Together Certain Accounts Conclusion Asia American Indian

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“But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government.”

People Two Government Millions Hundred Chinese Empires Multitudes

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“The greater part of the governments on earth may be termed monarchical aristocracies, or hereditary dominions independent of the people.”

People May Government Earth Greater Independent Dominion Aristocracy Hereditary

Book:The United States Elevated to Glory and Honour; a Sermon [on Deut. Xxvi. 19] ... Second Edition, Corrected

Source: The United States Elevated to Glory and Honour; a Sermon [on Deut. Xxvi. 19] ... Second Edition, Corrected

About the Author

Born: December 10, 1727
Died: May 12, 1795
Known for: Educator
Quotes: 23

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