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“We hope not to violate the respect which the public is bound to pay, and is glad to pay, to maternal grief in suggesting that grief has a self-respect which is not always kept inviolable by the compiler of these memories.”
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KIMBALL, EVERETT. National government of the United States. *$3.60 (1½c) Ginn 342.7
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The book partakes of the twofold character of a textbook in which institutions are described and analyzed and of a source book in which appear the actual words used by the court in expounding or limiting the powers of government. As a textbook it shows the historical origins and the development of our national political institutions and the actual workings of government. As a source book it is mindful of the fact that the constitution is the supreme law of the land and that the interpretations of the Supreme court are, until altered, authoritative. For this latter purpose the opinions of the Supreme court are freely quoted, showing the process of arriving at conclusions or the reasons for dissent. A partial list of the contents is: Constitutional background; The evolution of the constitution; Political issues and party history; Party organizations; The election of the president; The powers of the president; The organization and functions of the executive departments; Congress at work; The judicial system of the United States; The war powers of Congress; Finance; Foreign affairs. The appendix contains the constitution of the United States and there is an index.
“A book which has not been surpassed in the presentation of the fundamental facts concerning the government of the United States. The student who masters its contents will have acquired a grip upon the essential principles of our national political system which will give him a firm foundation for subsequent political thought and action.” Ralston Hayden
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