Excerpt from A Glance at Government: Short Essays on the Rise and Basis of Government, the Study of Politics, the Unity of Sovereignty, and the Saving Principle The first two divisions of this Fragment of Government treat of government in general; the last three, of government in the United States. The'whole is simply what its title imports, - A Glance at. 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.