Nash contends that the lack of a structured society along with easy access to public office, the absence of persecution, and Quaker resistance to an established government promoted private discord and public chaos. Nash describes the Quakers as proud, militant, vain, eccentric, power hungry, vengeful, suspicious of outsiders, and disdainful of authority. Quaker elites would retain power as the result of struggles over land rights, political power, and economic issues.
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