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lished in newspapers <strong>of</strong> the time, <strong>and</strong> some politico-religious sermons <strong>of</strong><br />

his separately printed—to which reference is made, as we have seen, by<br />

Gordon <strong>and</strong> Bancr<strong>of</strong>t—constitute his chief claim to the remembrance <strong>of</strong><br />

posterity. These political essays, moreover, being the contemporary<br />

expression <strong>of</strong> the fervor <strong>of</strong> actual conflict <strong>of</strong> opinion, are so valuable a<br />

reflection <strong>of</strong> the times preceding <strong>and</strong> tending to the Revolution, that they<br />

deserve to be treasured for their own sake. We shall here, therefore,<br />

make extracts from them with freedom.<br />

" The " three or four essays " which Gordon speaks <strong>of</strong> as having been<br />

secretly conveyed to the New London printer by John M

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