Harvard Political Science Discourse, 1816

Political Science Discourse by John Thornton Kirkland, D.D., L.L.D. President of Harvard University. 1816. <p> This pamphlet is a reprint of Dr. Kirkland's Discourse to the assembled Massachusetts Government officials upon their election to office, therefore serving as government sanction of the doctrines presented. The series of Election Discourses began in 1636, and continued well past the Civil war era, always presented by the best Ivy League alumni.