Part II - Poly-Olbion; or The Inside Narrative
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Summary
Poly-Olbion; or The Inside Narrative
It is a great worke, and requires more skillfull artificers
to lay the foundation of a new building,
than to uphold and repayre one that is already built.
If great things be attempted by weake instruments,
The effects will be answerable.
John Winthrop, “General considerations for the plantation in New England” (1629)
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- Freedom BoundLaw, Labor, and Civic Identity in Colonizing English America, 1580–1865, pp. 191 - 192Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010