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Excerpt from The Story of Anglo-Saxon Institutions: Or the Development of Constitutional Government
This work is not intended as a text-book in his tory, law, or the science of government. While it has been necessary to refer to historical facts and to point out some of the basic principles of republican government, the reader must remember that these are mere incidents, and not the real purpose of the work. The purpose of the writer has been to demonstrate from historical facts that the Anglo Saxon race is the only race that has ever had a true conception of republican institutions or solved cor rectly the problem of self-government. In this connection the writer has done his best to point out the oppressions of other schools of government and the frauds of kings and monarchs, and at the same time to show, from historical information, the strug gles of the people to dethrone the privileged classes and to obtain self-government, so that the American people may appreciate this Republic and maintain it in its original purity and simplicity. If the writer has succeeded in quickening the consciences of the readers of these pages, in some degree, to the ap preciation of our free institutions, he has been amply compensated for his effort. The subject-matter has been condensed and stripped of all technicalities in order that it may be appreciated by the average citizen, if he wishes to read it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.
