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... realized . It is for us to carry on the work of actualizing these dreams , of working out into practice what was for them a hope and an ideal . Our history has been a zigzag , bungling ex- periment in self - government . Democracy is a ...
... realized . It is for us to carry on the work of actualizing these dreams , of working out into practice what was for them a hope and an ideal . Our history has been a zigzag , bungling ex- periment in self - government . Democracy is a ...
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... realize its own ideal , so Americanism has been subject to all sorts of compromises and cloudings , and has never yet fully expressed itself in the general prac- tice . No one of us is exempted from the task of scru- tinizing our social ...
... realize its own ideal , so Americanism has been subject to all sorts of compromises and cloudings , and has never yet fully expressed itself in the general prac- tice . No one of us is exempted from the task of scru- tinizing our social ...
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... realize that restraint upon unsocial conduct is necessary precisely in the interests of lib- erty - the liberty of the greatest number . A manu- facturer resents a law restricting child - labor ; his liberty to employ whom he will is ...
... realize that restraint upon unsocial conduct is necessary precisely in the interests of lib- erty - the liberty of the greatest number . A manu- facturer resents a law restricting child - labor ; his liberty to employ whom he will is ...
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... realize to what extent the supposedly interpre- tative function of the courts is actually determinative , we have but to read the opinions of the dissenting judges , which are usually the most drastic criticisms of the majority ...
... realize to what extent the supposedly interpre- tative function of the courts is actually determinative , we have but to read the opinions of the dissenting judges , which are usually the most drastic criticisms of the majority ...
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... realize the value of talent and training , so that they will try to choose those who will be most competent for the work in hand . Such a democracy , encouraging individuality everywhere , and bringing the individuals of greatest worth ...
... realize the value of talent and training , so that they will try to choose those who will be most competent for the work in hand . Such a democracy , encouraging individuality everywhere , and bringing the individuals of greatest worth ...
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