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Did this doctrine grow out of a jealousy for the rights of man, a fear of usurpation, an assertion of the principle of self-government, I should sympathize with it, while I denied its legality.
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Mann acknowledges the motivations behind the doctrine of self-government while rejecting its legality.
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