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... Americans . It would be nearer the truth , probably , to say that the Fathers of the American Constitution were coevally informed by the same spirit as that which inspired Rousseau's political philosophy . But Rousseau was directly ...
... Americans . It would be nearer the truth , probably , to say that the Fathers of the American Constitution were coevally informed by the same spirit as that which inspired Rousseau's political philosophy . But Rousseau was directly ...
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... American Union and to establish a Confederacy of their own . So far as President Lincoln was concerned , the war was fought not primarily to abolish slavery - though the slavery question was the occasion of it , and the abolition of ...
... American Union and to establish a Confederacy of their own . So far as President Lincoln was concerned , the war was fought not primarily to abolish slavery - though the slavery question was the occasion of it , and the abolition of ...
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... Americans - federalism can hardly succeed . Force , indeed , has not been absent in all Latin American states , but its use has been factious , partial and despotic . The moral is clear . " Do not , " as Bryce said , " give to a people ...
... Americans - federalism can hardly succeed . Force , indeed , has not been absent in all Latin American states , but its use has been factious , partial and despotic . The moral is clear . " Do not , " as Bryce said , " give to a people ...
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