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Back to the Republic
Chapter I
THE TREND OF GOVERNMENT
THE trend of government may be presented in graphic form as follows:
| From earliest times to 1788 A.D.
Experimental failures.
From 1788 to 1900 A.D.
Progress.
From 1900 to 1920 A.D.
Retrogressive tendencies.
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During the thousands of years prior to 1788 A.D. the pendulum of government was swinging back and forth from one extreme to the other: from the mob leader to the mob; from the mob to the monarch; from the monarch to democracy; from democracy to the demagogue;
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