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... representative . The meaning of representative government is that the whole people , or some numerous portion of them , exercise through depu- ties periodically elected by themselves , the ultimate controlling power , which , in every ...
... representative . The meaning of representative government is that the whole people , or some numerous portion of them , exercise through depu- ties periodically elected by themselves , the ultimate controlling power , which , in every ...
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... Representative assemblies are often taunted by their enemies with being places of mere talk . There has seldom been more misplaced derision . I know not how a representative assembly can more use- fully employ itself than in talk , when ...
... Representative assemblies are often taunted by their enemies with being places of mere talk . There has seldom been more misplaced derision . I know not how a representative assembly can more use- fully employ itself than in talk , when ...
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... Representative government , when impossible , 460 Representative government , when not desirable , 461 Revealed theology , see Theology Revelation , 184 , 197 Right as will of God , 290 Rousseau , biographical note , 404 Santayana's ...
... Representative government , when impossible , 460 Representative government , when not desirable , 461 Revealed theology , see Theology Revelation , 184 , 197 Right as will of God , 290 Rousseau , biographical note , 404 Santayana's ...
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