AMERICAN IDEALS CHAPTER I THE VICE-PRESIDENCY AND THE CAMPAIGN HE Vice-President is an officer unique in his character and functions, or to speak more properly, in his want of functions while he remains Vice-President, and in his possibility of at any time ceasing to be a functionless official and becoming the head of the whole nation. There is no corresponding position in any constitutional government. Perhaps the nearest analogue is the heir apparent in a monarchy. Neither the French President nor the British Prime Minister has a substitute, ready at any moment to take his place, but exercising scarcely any authority until his place is taken. The history of such an office is interesting, and the personality of the incumbent for the time being may at any moment become of vast importance. The founders of our Government-the men who of 1896 1 1 Review of Reviews, September, 1896. 1
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CONTENTS; PAGE; CHAPTER I; Tub Vice-Presidency and the Campaign op 1896 1; CHAPTER II; How not to Help our Poorer Brother 29; CHAPTER III The Monroe Doctrine 45; CHAPTER IV Washington's Forgotten Maxim 66; CHAPTER V; National Life- and Character 92; CHAPTER VI; "Social Evolution" 128; CHAPTER VII The Law of Civilization and Decay 157; CHAPTER VIII 1 Reform through Social Work 186; 1 Reprinted through the courtesy of the S S McClure Co; iii; ILLUSTRATIONS; William McKinley Frontispiece Etched by W II W Bicknell; James Monroe46; A Modern Battleship77; Battle of New Orleans 119 H L V Parkhurst
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CONTENTS; PAGE; CHAPTER I; Tub Vice-Presidency and the Campaign op 1896 1; CHAPTER II; How not to Help our Poorer Brother 29; CHAPTER III The Monroe Doctrine 45; CHAPTER IV Washington's Forgotten Maxim 66; CHAPTER V; National Life- and Character 92; CHAPTER VI; "Social Evolution" 128; CHAPTER VII The Law of Civilization and Decay 157; CHAPTER VIII 1 Reform through Social Work 186; 1 Reprinted through the courtesy of the S S McClure Co; iii; ILLUSTRATIONS; William McKinley Frontispiece Etched by W II W Bicknell; James Monroe46; A Modern Battleship77; Battle of New Orleans 119 H L V Parkhurst
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of
