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sixths of the electorate. It seems then that the American people at the close of the nineteenth century exercised more frequently their privilege of voting, especially at federal elections, and took a deeper interest in political affairs, than did the Fathers at the close of the eighteenth. In these facts may be seen some of the efforts of a century of popular education and democratization.
C. O. Paullin
Chicago, Illinois
