Excerpt from The Republic as a Form of Government, or the Evolution of Democracy in America The example of the United States, presenting so grand a scale of experiment, is so pregnant with in struction, indeed in its lesson is so complete, that we need not proceed further in the investigation to enable us to deduce satisfactory conclusions with respect to the nature of popular government. In paw/o, this is the plan of my book - an humble contribution to safe government whilst a Democratic revolution threatens the stability of Europe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.