Sources of the Constitution of the United States, Considered in Relation to Colonial and English HistoryMacmillan and Company, 1894 - 277 páginas |
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... idea , that the American Constitution is wholly new , that it is , in fact , an original creation of the conven- tion which met in Philadelphia in 1787. ' What Dr. 1 Professor Morey well expresses this idea : " The organic law under ...
... idea , that the American Constitution is wholly new , that it is , in fact , an original creation of the conven- tion which met in Philadelphia in 1787. ' What Dr. 1 Professor Morey well expresses this idea : " The organic law under ...
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... idea . The philosophy of modern democracy — which , under the influence of the theories of Rousseau , long ignored historical facts has steadily cultivated it . And there is in it some truth ; for not only was this constitution ...
... idea . The philosophy of modern democracy — which , under the influence of the theories of Rousseau , long ignored historical facts has steadily cultivated it . And there is in it some truth ; for not only was this constitution ...
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... ideas of social organization peculiar to primitive times to impress themselves upon the mind , and in the course of centuries of political monotony to ripen into a firmly fixed instinct . Thus the political instincts of a race have ...
... ideas of social organization peculiar to primitive times to impress themselves upon the mind , and in the course of centuries of political monotony to ripen into a firmly fixed instinct . Thus the political instincts of a race have ...
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... idea that to be quite English ' is a point of perfection . . . . Half an American as I am , by marriage and by sympathies , I must confess that it has been wholly delightful to observe this unmistaka- ble and minute identification of ...
... idea that to be quite English ' is a point of perfection . . . . Half an American as I am , by marriage and by sympathies , I must confess that it has been wholly delightful to observe this unmistaka- ble and minute identification of ...
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... ideas in common . There was agreement in the conception of certain ele- ments of government ; and the principal of these ele- ments were : ( 1 ) a single executive ; ( 2 ) a legislative body consisting of two houses , the upper ...
... ideas in common . There was agreement in the conception of certain ele- ments of government ; and the principal of these ele- ments were : ( 1 ) a single executive ; ( 2 ) a legislative body consisting of two houses , the upper ...
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