ssed by any, untilhuman happiness and grandeur this side the grave should be no more. The ideal of government is popular government. The divine right of kingsis an exploded fancy. The best ends of government can never be realized by therule of one or of a few. God gave to Israel a king in his… … -C^ nor ignoble pedigree, no bar between the poorest boy in the landand the highest post of honor. Many an experiment of repub-lican government had failed for the lack of general intelligenceand of a pure religion. Absolutists pointed to Rome, to Sparta, to France, andsneered at the democratic…
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