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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 government in itself . it . When a people have no sufficient value for , and attachment to , a representative constitution , they have next to no chance of retaining Representative institutions necessarily depend for ...
... representative government in itself . it . When a people have no sufficient value for , and attachment to , a representative constitution , they have next to no chance of retaining Representative institutions necessarily depend for ...
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... representative government is likely to be an impediment . The most obvious of these cases is the one in which the people have still to learn the first lesson of civilization , that of obedience . A race who have been trained in energy ...
... representative government is likely to be an impediment . The most obvious of these cases is the one in which the people have still to learn the first lesson of civilization , that of obedience . A race who have been trained in energy ...
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