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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... statesmen have great power ; when there is no fire lighted , they can settle what fire shall be lit. And as the new suffrage is happily to be tried in a quiet time , the responsibility of our states- men is great because their power is ...
... statesmen have great power ; when there is no fire lighted , they can settle what fire shall be lit. And as the new suffrage is happily to be tried in a quiet time , the responsibility of our states- men is great because their power is ...
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... statesmen , that the world forms its judgment . The common ordinary mind is quite unfit to fix for itself what political question it shall attend to ; it is as much as it can do to judge decently of the questions which drift down to it ...
... statesmen , that the world forms its judgment . The common ordinary mind is quite unfit to fix for itself what political question it shall attend to ; it is as much as it can do to judge decently of the questions which drift down to it ...
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... statesmen have great power ; when there is no fire lighted , they can settle what fire shall be lit. And as the new suffrage is happily to be tried in a quiet time , the responsibility of our states- men is great because their power is ...
... statesmen have great power ; when there is no fire lighted , they can settle what fire shall be lit. And as the new suffrage is happily to be tried in a quiet time , the responsibility of our states- men is great because their power is ...
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