None so degraded as to be beneath its beneficent reach, none so lofty as to be above its restraining power; while before it Despotism and Oligarchy fall on their faces, like the image of Dagon, and the people everywhere begin to govern themselves.
Sumner asserts that the principle of self-governance is universal, capable of uplifting all people and defeating tyranny.
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Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.
His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
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