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Word: dictatorship (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Objections to a third term are not valid.- (1) Absolutely no fear now of monarchical rule or dictatorship.- (a) We have a very small and scattered army.- (2) Washington did not refuse a third term chiefly on political grounds.- (a) Though he did have some fear that monarchical rule might be possible, yet his reasons for refusing were mainly personal: McMaster, II, ch. IX.- (x) Was in bad health at the end of second term, and died before third term would have ended: No. Am. Rev., CXXX, 117.- (y) He was no longer "the idol of the people": Ibid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENGLISH 6. | 4/28/1896 | See Source »

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