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Thus, unhappily, democracy marched arm in arm with State Rights, while Nationalism found itself the intimate companion of a narrow, bigoted, and retrograde conservatism.
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Beveridge reflects on the relationship between democracy and state rights, highlighting the tension with nationalism.
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