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  1. Nov 2016
    1. we may define a republic to be, or at least may bestow that name on, a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people
    2. in a democracy, the people meet and exercise the government in person; in a republic, they assemble and administer it by their representatives and agents
    3. A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place