The People's Choice, from Washington to Harding: A Study in DemocracyThis work discusses how politics, democracy, and the presidency evolved in the United States from 1789 to 1923. |
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... reason for English failure was that the minister re- ' ponsible for the war was Lord George Germain . This is the man who , under the name of Lord George Sackville , had dis- graced himself at the battle of Minden , and had then been ...
... reason for English failure was that the minister re- ' ponsible for the war was Lord George Germain . This is the man who , under the name of Lord George Sackville , had dis- graced himself at the battle of Minden , and had then been ...
Page 98
... reason and justice are founded upon immut- able principles , has never been contested by the United States . But neither truth , reason nor justice consists in stubbornness of assertion , nor in the multiplied repetitions of error ...
... reason and justice are founded upon immut- able principles , has never been contested by the United States . But neither truth , reason nor justice consists in stubbornness of assertion , nor in the multiplied repetitions of error ...
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... reason to suppose that his humble and harmless career was at an end . But by 1840 the party leaders were awake to the value of inconspicuous medio- crity , and Harrison became their choice . He was asked to keep quiet during the ...
... reason to suppose that his humble and harmless career was at an end . But by 1840 the party leaders were awake to the value of inconspicuous medio- crity , and Harrison became their choice . He was asked to keep quiet during the ...
Contents
WASHINGTON | 3 |
JOHN ADAMS AND JEFFERSON | 32 |
MADISON MONROE AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 72 |
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