Colophon

Democracy
was published in 1880 by
Henry Adams.

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An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger
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Project Gutenberg
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Internet Archive.

The cover page is adapted from
Study for the Apotheosis of Washington in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol Building,
a painting completed circa 1859⁠–⁠62 by
Constantino Brumidi.
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League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy
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