"Local self-government…is the life-blood of liberty."

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Historians from the United StatesDiplomats of the United StatesNovelists from BostonUnited States Ambassadors to Great Britain and the United KingdomUnited States Ambassadors to Austria and Austria-Hungary
Original Language: English

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The Rise of the Dutch Republic (1856; New York: Harper, 1861) vol. 3, part 6, ch. 1, p. 416.