Civil Government in the United States Considered with - Some Reference to Its Origins

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Title: Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins
Author: John Fiske
Release Date: February 25, 2004 [EBook #11276]
Language: English
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CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
CONSIDERED WITH SOME REFERENCE TO ITS
ORIGINS
BY
JOHN FISKE
[Greek: Aissomai pai Zaevos Heleutheroiu, Imeran eurnsthene amphipolei, Soteira Tucha tiv gar en ponto
kubernontai thoai naes, en cherso te laipsaeroi polemoi kagorai boulaphoroi.]
PINDAR, Olymp. xii.
Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
Sail on, O Union, strong and great!…
Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,
Our faith triumphant o'er our fears,
Are all with thee,—are all with thee!
LONGFELLOW.
1890
BY JOHN FISKE.
Dedication
This little book is dedicated, with the author's best wishes and sincere regard, to the many hundreds of young friends
whom he has found it so pleasant to meet in years past, and ...