| Heathen = One who lives in the heaths.
Heath = An extensive tract of uncultivated open land; a mound of earth.
Pagan = A country-dweller, whose antonym is a citizen.
Citizen = A city-dweller.
These are where the words came from.
. . . whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. |