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A particular form of government may no more be adopted than a particular type of character maybe adopted: both institutions and character must be developed by conscious effort and through transmitted aptitudes.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “A particular form of government may no more be adopted than a particular type of character maybe adopted: both…”
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Wilson argues that both government and character must develop through conscious effort and inherited traits.
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