Democracy in the United States: What it Has Done, what it is Doing, and what it Will Do |
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... British form of gov- ernment , on the one side , with modifications more in name than in substance , and on the other , where democratic princi- ples were allowed a controlling sway . On the question of its adoption , it was only ...
... British form of gov- ernment , on the one side , with modifications more in name than in substance , and on the other , where democratic princi- ples were allowed a controlling sway . On the question of its adoption , it was only ...
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... British Gov- ernment and its forms , ceremonies , and splendor . As successor of Washington , too much may have been expected from him . Unfortunately for him , he surrounded himself with a cabinet con- trolled by his enemy , Hamilton ...
... British Gov- ernment and its forms , ceremonies , and splendor . As successor of Washington , too much may have been expected from him . Unfortunately for him , he surrounded himself with a cabinet con- trolled by his enemy , Hamilton ...
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... British rule were not likely to be choice in their language toward a President who had set up some show , without having any marked executive ability , and who had drawn around him and been guided by the undisguised enemies of the ...
... British rule were not likely to be choice in their language toward a President who had set up some show , without having any marked executive ability , and who had drawn around him and been guided by the undisguised enemies of the ...
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... British court - martial for trial , ā an inter- ference , " Cooper alleged , " without precedent , against law and mercy , " an act " which the monarch of Great Britain would have shrunk from . " Of this he was found guilty , and Judge ...
... British court - martial for trial , ā an inter- ference , " Cooper alleged , " without precedent , against law and mercy , " an act " which the monarch of Great Britain would have shrunk from . " Of this he was found guilty , and Judge ...
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... British Government was the object of extensive hate and detestation . In France , the Reign of Terror and a fierce revolution were spilling some of the best blood of the nation . Italy , and some parts of Germany , and other states in ...
... British Government was the object of extensive hate and detestation . In France , the Reign of Terror and a fierce revolution were spilling some of the best blood of the nation . Italy , and some parts of Germany , and other states in ...
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