Lecture Vii.--Page 65

Comparison of the principles of different governments with the true principle of representative government.

Aristocratic governments.

Origin and history of the word aristocracy.

Principle of this form of government; its consequences.

How the principle of representative government enters into aristocratic governments.

Democratic governments.

Origin and consequences of the principle of the sovereignty of the people.

This principle not identical with that of representative government.

In what sense representative government is the government of the majority.

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