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Notwithstanding the oppression and injustice experienced among us from democracy, the genius of the people is in favour of it, and the genius of the people must be consulted.
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Beck acknowledges the people's inclination towards democracy despite its flaws.
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I only mention the subject to suggest that the reader of these lectures will better understand why the American people take the written obligations of the League so seriously and literally.
But all three spring from one root; all three are carried out by men of like political ideals; all three are destined to promote the cause of ordered liberty throughout the world.
The American Constitution has been the classic model for the federated State.
Assuredly, the man of to-day, with the rich heritage of countless ages, can do no less.
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