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Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930

"The Promise of American Life"


Peace,
democracy and, 308 ff.
Pensions,
old age, in England, 239;
military, in United States, 274.
Philippines,
questions concerning American acquisition of, 308-309.
Poland,
partition of, 222.
Police force,
state, 344-345.
Political specialist.
_See_ "Boss."
Politics,
separation of the business man from, 117;
specialized organization of, 118-121.
Popular sovereignty,
Stephen A. Douglas's theory of, 84-86;
criticism of democracy defined as, 176-178;
principle of, as represented by French Revolutionaries, 223-224;
principle of national sovereignty not to be confused with, 265-266;
the essential condition of democracy, 269-270;
definition of the phrase, 279 ff.;
is equivalent for Americans to the phrase "national Sovereignty," 280;
misconceptions of, notably Douglas's error, 281.
Porto Rico,
relations between United States and, 308.
Poverty,
as a social danger in a democratic state, 205.
Prisons,
improvement of, as a function of the state, 345.


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