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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.

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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