Jefferson's Letters: Selections from the Private and Political Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson, Telling the Story of American Independence and the Founding of the American GovernmentWisconsin Hale, 1986 - 374 Seiten |
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... less informed and less susceptible of information , than the lower class in Europe ; and whether those in America , who have received such an edu- cation as that country can give , are less improved by it than Europeans of the same ...
... less informed and less susceptible of information , than the lower class in Europe ; and whether those in America , who have received such an edu- cation as that country can give , are less improved by it than Europeans of the same ...
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... less republican , in proportion as it has in its composition more or less of this ingredient of the direct action of the citizens . Such a govern- ment is evidently restrained to very narrow limits of space and popula- tion . I doubt if ...
... less republican , in proportion as it has in its composition more or less of this ingredient of the direct action of the citizens . Such a govern- ment is evidently restrained to very narrow limits of space and popula- tion . I doubt if ...
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... less republican , as they have more or less of the element of popular election and control in their composition ; and believing , as I do , that the mass of the citizens is the safest depository of their own rights and especially , that ...
... less republican , as they have more or less of the element of popular election and control in their composition ; and believing , as I do , that the mass of the citizens is the safest depository of their own rights and especially , that ...
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