The American Commonwealth: The party system. Public opinion. Illustrations and reflections. Social institutionsMacmillan and Company, 1893 |
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... feeling give rise to parties , yet parties are formed by no means solely on the basis of general principles , but owe much to the influence of promi- nent personalities , of transient issues , of local interests or prej udices . The ...
... feeling give rise to parties , yet parties are formed by no means solely on the basis of general principles , but owe much to the influence of promi- nent personalities , of transient issues , of local interests or prej udices . The ...
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... feeling were mak- ing this effort a hopeless one , and that in trying to keep their party together they were losing hold of the people , and alien- ating from themselves the men who cared for principle in politics . That this was so ...
... feeling were mak- ing this effort a hopeless one , and that in trying to keep their party together they were losing hold of the people , and alien- ating from themselves the men who cared for principle in politics . That this was so ...
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... feeling of the native against the foreigner . They have been most serious at times when and in places where there has been an influx of immi- grants from Europe large enough to seem to threaten the dominance of American ideas and the ...
... feeling of the native against the foreigner . They have been most serious at times when and in places where there has been an influx of immi- grants from Europe large enough to seem to threaten the dominance of American ideas and the ...
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... feeling that office was a means of giving practical effect to their doctrines . But suppose that in Britain all the questions which divide Tories from Liberals were to be suddenly settled and done with . Britain would be in a difficulty ...
... feeling that office was a means of giving practical effect to their doctrines . But suppose that in Britain all the questions which divide Tories from Liberals were to be suddenly settled and done with . Britain would be in a difficulty ...
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... feeling as well as in practical apti- tude . The German vote over the whole Union may be roughly estimated as five - ninths Republican , four - ninths Democratic . The Scandinavians - Swedes and Norwegians , with a few Danes and a ...
... feeling as well as in practical apti- tude . The German vote over the whole Union may be roughly estimated as five - ninths Republican , four - ninths Democratic . The Scandinavians - Swedes and Norwegians , with a few Danes and a ...
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Página 247 - England — of that great compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs, which is called public opinion...
Página 338 - Israel to rouse the people out of their self-complacency, to refresh their moral ideals, to remind them that the life is more than meat, and the body more than raiment, and that to whom much is given of them shall much also be required.
Página 311 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Página 658 - So far from thinking their commonwealth godless, the Americans conceive that the religious character of a government consists in nothing but the religious belief of the individual citizens, and the conformity of their conduct to that belief.
Página 644 - To prohibit sectarian instruction, but to have taught in the University the immortality of the soul, the existence of an all-wise and benevolent Creator, and that obedience to His laws is the highest duty of man.
Página 13 - Tenets and policies, points of political doctrine and points of political practice have all but vanished. They have not been' thrown away, but have been stripped away by time and the progress of events, fulfilling some policies, blotting out others. All has been lost, except office or the hope of it.
Página 705 - It may seem a paradox to observe that a millionaire has a better and easier social career open to him in England than in America. ... In America, if his private character be bad, if he be mean or openly immoral, or personally vulgar, or dishonest, the best society may keep its doors closed against him.
Página 13 - ... country as seriously involving its welfare? This is what a European is always asking of intelligent Republicans and intelligent Democrats. He is always asking because he never gets an answer. The replies leave him in deeper perplexity.