ISBN: 1154411265

[EAN: 9781154411263], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub.com], ANONYMOUS,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 300 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.6in.This historic book ma… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781154411263], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub.com], ANONYMOUS,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 300 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.6in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 edition. Excerpt: . . . infused more and more of the popular element into her institutions, until a government was at last constructed which fully satisfied the Athenian nation. Making Athenian descent the exclusive basis of citizenship, they ordained absolute legal equality among the citizens, together with an equal participation in the affairs of government; and beyond this, that all the dignities of the state should be open to every citizen, without distinction of rank or property; a degree of democracy which, limited though it was, no other nation of antiquity ever attained. It will be remembered by the most general reader, that Attika, the home territory of the Athenians, was a little peninsula surrounded on three sides by the sea, and smaller in area than our own little State of Delaware. Though not sea-girt like Britain, her geographical position inspired her, at an early day, with an inclination to maritime pursuits. With the origin of her commercial enterprise dates the substantial growth of her free institutions. Commerce is the great instrument of progress toward democracy. It bestows wealth, enlarged ideas, and strength of purpose; it develops the national intelligence; multiplies the national resources, and enlarges the national heart. With the growth of her democracy and of her maritime resources, Athens followed up her conquests, until, in the age of Perikles, she had extended her power over a large and populous empire. Like Great Britain at the present day, which in position toward contemporary nations she closely resembled, her power was manifested by the extent of her foreign possessions, and by the completeness of her commercial ascendency. The celebrated islands of Euboea, Paros, Rhodes, Naxos, Lemnos, Imbrus, Lesbos, Chios, Samos, and. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<