The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of The Federalist PapersRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1998 M12 1 - 192 páginas Jefferson called The Federalist 'the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever written,' and yet the text is considered lifeless and impenetrable by all but the most persistent readers. The Essential Federalist presents a bold new approach to reading one of the most important documents in American history. By careful selection, organization, and annotation of the essays' most meaningful passages, this book showcases what is central to The Federalist. 'If the road over which you will still have to pass,' in reading these papers, wrote Publius, 'should in some places appear to you tedious or irksome, you will recollect that you are in quest of information on a subject the most momentous which can engage the attention of free people. . . . It will be my aim to remove the obstacles to your progress in as compendious a manner as it can be done, without sacrificing utility to dispatch.' Dr. Quentin P. Taylor takes up Publius' challenge by making The Federalist an understandable and usable resource. This book will be essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the roots of American government. |
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... difficulties of language and style , there can be no relief . While I have updated spellings and punctuation , I have in no instance modified vocabulary or syntax . Yet as with Shakespeare ( who is more challenging in this regard than ...
... difficulties of language and style , there can be no relief . While I have updated spellings and punctuation , I have in no instance modified vocabulary or syntax . Yet as with Shakespeare ( who is more challenging in this regard than ...
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... difficulties of the journey have been unnecessarily increased by the mazes with which sophistry has beset the way . It will be my aim to remove the obstacles to your progress in as compendious a manner as it can be done , without ...
... difficulties of the journey have been unnecessarily increased by the mazes with which sophistry has beset the way . It will be my aim to remove the obstacles to your progress in as compendious a manner as it can be done , without ...
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... difficulties , the battle - scarred nation could ill - afford a spirit of narrow localism to pervade its councils . Yet this very tendency was encouraged in Congress , many of whose members were " appoin- tees " of the state ...
... difficulties , the battle - scarred nation could ill - afford a spirit of narrow localism to pervade its councils . Yet this very tendency was encouraged in Congress , many of whose members were " appoin- tees " of the state ...
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... difficulty of foreseeing " indirect and remote " consequences . ( No. 10 ) Despite a profound attachment to reason and a reverence for the “ divine science of politics , " Publius never loses sight of the all - too - human defects of ...
... difficulty of foreseeing " indirect and remote " consequences . ( No. 10 ) Despite a profound attachment to reason and a reverence for the “ divine science of politics , " Publius never loses sight of the all - too - human defects of ...
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The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of the Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton,James Madison,John Jay Vista previa limitada - 1998 |
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