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... understanding we are most apt to misunderstand it . Democracy is the living changing fabric of a slowly emergent way of conducting the government of men . All other systems need no long gestation to be born . They are main- tained by ...
... understanding we are most apt to misunderstand it . Democracy is the living changing fabric of a slowly emergent way of conducting the government of men . All other systems need no long gestation to be born . They are main- tained by ...
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... understanding within a common- wealth . During the period of Jacksonian democracy the senti- ment prevailed in most quarters , as it still does in some , that " the best government is that which governs least , " and since democ- racy ...
... understanding within a common- wealth . During the period of Jacksonian democracy the senti- ment prevailed in most quarters , as it still does in some , that " the best government is that which governs least , " and since democ- racy ...
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... works in ways beyond man's understanding and somehow , in the end , brings good out of ill . Even when he professes a religious faith it J remains , for the most part , remote from SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL UNSETTLEMENT 63.
... works in ways beyond man's understanding and somehow , in the end , brings good out of ill . Even when he professes a religious faith it J remains , for the most part , remote from SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL UNSETTLEMENT 63.
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Our Neglected Heritage | 3 |
Liberty Equality and Fraternity | 12 |
The Rule of the People | 22 |
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