Excerpt from Advanced Civics: The Spirit, the Form, and the Functions of the American Government This text is based on my Advanced Civics, but the changes that have been made are so many and so far-reaching that it has been thought best to give the new book a new name. The essential principles of our government are presented first. The student begins by learning of big things, of democracy, representative government, the separation of powers, constitutions, the federal system, local self-govern ment, civil liberty. These are the foundation stones of the Republic, and to present these great themes first is simply to lay the foundation aright. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.