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... feelings in the ordinary citizen ? Patriotism involves conceptions of unity and continuity . The coldest patriot recognizes himself as part ( by birth or adoption ) of an enduring ' Whole ' . He has feelings , however vague , about its ...
... feelings in the ordinary citizen ? Patriotism involves conceptions of unity and continuity . The coldest patriot recognizes himself as part ( by birth or adoption ) of an enduring ' Whole ' . He has feelings , however vague , about its ...
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... feelings in government are in- herited just as the true filial feelings in common life . You might as well adopt a father as make a monarchy ; the special sentiment belonging to the one is as incapable of voluntary creation as the ...
... feelings in government are in- herited just as the true filial feelings in common life . You might as well adopt a father as make a monarchy ; the special sentiment belonging to the one is as incapable of voluntary creation as the ...
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... feels that its judgement is important , and it strives to judge . It succeeds in deciding because the de- bates and the discussions give it the facts and the arguments . But under a presidential government a nation has , except at the ...
... feels that its judgement is important , and it strives to judge . It succeeds in deciding because the de- bates and the discussions give it the facts and the arguments . But under a presidential government a nation has , except at the ...
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... possible , is the best selecter of executives that can be imagined . It is full of political activity ; it is close to political life ; 1 it feels the responsibility of affairs which are brought as 22 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION.
... possible , is the best selecter of executives that can be imagined . It is full of political activity ; it is close to political life ; 1 it feels the responsibility of affairs which are brought as 22 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION.
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Walter Bagehot. it feels the responsibility of affairs which are brought as it were to its threshold ; it has as much intelligence as the society in question chances to contain . It is , what Washington and Hamilton strove to create , an ...
Walter Bagehot. it feels the responsibility of affairs which are brought as it were to its threshold ; it has as much intelligence as the society in question chances to contain . It is , what Washington and Hamilton strove to create , an ...
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