The English ConstitutionH. S. King & Company, 1872 - 291 páginas A classic study of the British constitution, paying special attention to how Parliament and the monarchy work. The author frequently draws comparisons with the American Constitution, being generally critical of the American system of government. |
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... society while there is still a House of Lords , than they would have if the House of Lords were abolished ; and that though one or two clever young peers might do better in the Commons , the whole order of peers , young and old , clever ...
... society while there is still a House of Lords , than they would have if the House of Lords were abolished ; and that though one or two clever young peers might do better in the Commons , the whole order of peers , young and old , clever ...
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... society ; it gives hope to many , and it takes away hope from many . It is one of those marked events which , by its magnitude and its melodrama , impress men even too much . And debates which have this catastrophe at the end of them ...
... society ; it gives hope to many , and it takes away hope from many . It is one of those marked events which , by its magnitude and its melodrama , impress men even too much . And debates which have this catastrophe at the end of them ...
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... society , has a great influence on that division . The nation feels that its judgment is important , and it strives to judge . It succeeds in deciding because the debates and the discussions give it the facts and the arguments . But ...
... society , has a great influence on that division . The nation feels that its judgment is important , and it strives to judge . It succeeds in deciding because the debates and the discussions give it the facts and the arguments . But ...
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... society in question chances to contain . It is , what Washington and Hamilton strove to create , an electoral college of the picked men of the nation . The best mode of appreciating its advantages is to look THE CABINET . 25.
... society in question chances to contain . It is , what Washington and Hamilton strove to create , an electoral college of the picked men of the nation . The best mode of appreciating its advantages is to look THE CABINET . 25.
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... will not do much if he does take it . To belong to a debating society adhering to an executive ( and this is no inapt description of a congress under a presidential constitution ) is not an object to stir a THE CABINET . 27.
... will not do much if he does take it . To belong to a debating society adhering to an executive ( and this is no inapt description of a congress under a presidential constitution ) is not an object to stir a THE CABINET . 27.
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