The Democratic Spirit: A Collection of American Writings from the Earliest Times to the Present DayBernard Smith A. A. Knopf, 1941 - 927 pages |
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Page xxv
... democratic rights , because , obviously , if no one knows what it means , how can anyone say that a given idea , or project , or law , is or is not democratic ? No doubt among the questioning philosophers are many who are sincerely ...
... democratic rights , because , obviously , if no one knows what it means , how can anyone say that a given idea , or project , or law , is or is not democratic ? No doubt among the questioning philosophers are many who are sincerely ...
Page xxvii
... democracy would , of course , be very much larger than its history in America . The democratic idea did not originate here and its development here has been constantly influenced by devel- opments elsewhere . But surely some of its ...
... democracy would , of course , be very much larger than its history in America . The democratic idea did not originate here and its development here has been constantly influenced by devel- opments elsewhere . But surely some of its ...
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... Democratic , and the other the Despotic idea . Neither is wholly sectional ; both chiefly so . Each is composed of several simpler ideas . Each has enacted laws and established institutions . This is the democratic idea : that all 7 men ...
... Democratic , and the other the Despotic idea . Neither is wholly sectional ; both chiefly so . Each is composed of several simpler ideas . Each has enacted laws and established institutions . This is the democratic idea : that all 7 men ...
Contents
ROGER WILLIAMS 1603?1683 | 5 |
BACONS MAN 1676 | 13 |
JOHN WISE 16521725 | 20 |
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