Excerpt from Civil Government: As Developed in the States and in the United States<br><br>The thanks of the author are due and are hereby tendered to the several critical scholars who kindly read the manuscript, and who gave him the benefit of their judicious criticisms.<br><br>The author is under many obligations to Dr. John W. Perrin, professor of history in Adelbert College, of the Western Reserve University, Cleveland, for much valuable aid; and his careful reading of the manuscript has greatly increased the accuracy of the text.<br><br>Where students have had a course in English history, chapters II and III may be omitted, and in this way the book can be covered in a briefer time without losing sight of the ultimate aim. For the sake of clearness, several principles and facts are repeated, even at the risk of making the book prosaic. It is believed that actual teachers will consider this an advantage.<br><br>The century just closed has been remarkable in many ways, but in none more than in the impetus it has given to the develop ment of the idea of the sovereignty of man. The United States, more than any other nation, exemplifies in its government this great principle. The local government of our country is its natural nursery: therefore our schools should constantly magnify these local units and impress the coming citizens with an earnest effort to maintain them as organized communities.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.