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For positions requiring expert training and professional experience every man is
not as good as his neighbor nor is every man equipped to determine who is
better than whom. One of the questionable things about Athenian democracy was
...
For positions requiring expert training and professional experience every man is
not as good as his neighbor nor is every man equipped to determine who is
better than whom. One of the questionable things about Athenian democracy was
...
Page 83
whereupon the union president made a quick about-face and to save his own
position made the strike official. (3) It was reported, with circumstantial detail, that
a group of racketeers with trade union connections had for a number of years
been ...
whereupon the union president made a quick about-face and to save his own
position made the strike official. (3) It was reported, with circumstantial detail, that
a group of racketeers with trade union connections had for a number of years
been ...
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Not dissimilar is the position of modern writers such as Bentley. Pressure groups
differ in power, but no one is potent enough wholly to dominate, so a compromise
or “adjustment” is attained. We have however criticized in the text the idea that ...
Not dissimilar is the position of modern writers such as Bentley. Pressure groups
differ in power, but no one is potent enough wholly to dominate, so a compromise
or “adjustment” is attained. We have however criticized in the text the idea that ...
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Contents
Our Neglected Heritage | 3 |
Liberty Equality and Fraternity | 12 |
The Rule of the People | 22 |
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| Title | The Ramparts We Guard Weil lectures on American citizenship |
| Authors | Robert Morrison MacIver, Robert Morrison Mac Iver |
| Edition | 3, reprint |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1950 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 152 pages |
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