Excerpt from History of the Union League of Philadelphia: From Its Origin and Foundation to the Year 1882 The voluntary banding together Of citizens to aid the government of their country is characteristic Of our age and Of the growth Of liberty. History shows many ex amples Of heroic devotion to arbitrary rulers on the part Of cities or peoples; but the spectacle of private citizens uniting to take on themselves a portion Of the cares and expenses of the established government is reserved for those times and countries in ...
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Excerpt from History of the Union League of Philadelphia: From Its Origin and Foundation to the Year 1882 The voluntary banding together Of citizens to aid the government of their country is characteristic Of our age and Of the growth Of liberty. History shows many ex amples Of heroic devotion to arbitrary rulers on the part Of cities or peoples; but the spectacle of private citizens uniting to take on themselves a portion Of the cares and expenses of the established government is reserved for those times and countries in Which the people themselves create the government and are represented in all its branches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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