The Working of the American Democracy
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Excerpt from The Working of the American Democracy: An Address Delivered Before the Fraternity of Harvard University, June 28, 1888 I purpose to examine some parts of the experience of the American. Democracy, with the intention of suggesting the answers to certain theoretical objections which have been urged against democracy in general, and of showing in part what makes the strength of the democratic form of government. For more than a hundred years there has been among civilized nations a decided set of opinion towards democratic institutions; but in Europe this set has been determined rather by unfavorable experience of despotic and oligarchic forms of government, than by any favorable experience of the democratic form. Government by one, and government by a few have been tried through many centuries, by different races of men, and under all sorts of conditions; but neither has ever succeeded, - not even in England, - in producing a reasonably peaceful, secure, and also happy society. No lesson upon this subject could be more forcible than that which modern Europe teaches. Empires and monarchies, like patriarchies and chieftainships, have doubtless served their turn; but they have signally failed to realize the social ideals - some ancient and some modern in origin - which have taken firm hold of men´s minds since the American Revolution. This failure extends through all society, from top to bottom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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