A Short History of Anglo-Saxon Freedom (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): The Polity of the English-Speaking Race

“Anglo-Saxon freedom is most simply and comprehensively stated in the phrase of Abraham Lincoln, ‘government of the people, by the people, and for the people.’” So writes James K. Hosmer in his introduction to this volume, an indispensable and comprehensive survey of the constitutional history of the English-speaking race through the year 1890.