William Graham Sumner, Volume 1University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1954 - 758 pages |
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Page 104
... democracy . Jackson , as seen through Sumner's eyes , is quarrelsome , motivated by spite , pique , instinct , prejudice or emotion . Sumner particularly condemns Jackson's lack of discipline , his lack of ambition . The lesson of the ...
... democracy . Jackson , as seen through Sumner's eyes , is quarrelsome , motivated by spite , pique , instinct , prejudice or emotion . Sumner particularly condemns Jackson's lack of discipline , his lack of ambition . The lesson of the ...
Page 118
... democracy had been hitched to the policies of the spokesmen of the Southern states and the Whigs , who were the majority group in the coalition which became the Republican Party of 1860 . A man who was partially a Whig in his attitudes ...
... democracy had been hitched to the policies of the spokesmen of the Southern states and the Whigs , who were the majority group in the coalition which became the Republican Party of 1860 . A man who was partially a Whig in his attitudes ...
Page 126
... Democracy was possible only where inequality was recognized as a law of nature , where the capable enter into a partnership of equals serving as guardians of the incompetents . 1 J J No wonder that the phrase " Greek Democracy 126 .
... Democracy was possible only where inequality was recognized as a law of nature , where the capable enter into a partnership of equals serving as guardians of the incompetents . 1 J J No wonder that the phrase " Greek Democracy 126 .
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