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There seems to be something infectious in the example of a powerful and enlightened nation verging towards democracy, which imposes on the human mind, and leads human reason in fetters....
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “There seems to be something infectious in the example of a powerful and enlightened nation verging towards democracy…”
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Beveridge reflects on the influence of powerful nations on the democratic aspirations of others.
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