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7797. SELF-GOVERNMENT, Training for.—

The qualifications for self-government


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in society are not innate. They are the result
of habit and long training. [449]
To Edward Everett. Washington ed. vii, 341.
(M. 1824)

 
[449]

Jefferson was considering the condition of affairs
in South America, and he added, “for these (habit
and training), they will require time and probably
much suffering”.—Editor.