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Europeans often ask, and Americans do not always explain, how it happens that this great… — James Bryce

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Europeans often ask, and Americans do not always explain, how it happens that this great office, the greatest in the world, unless we except the Papacy, to which any man can rise by his own merits, is not more frequently filled by great and striking men.

James Bryce
The American Commonwealth · 1888
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On the American Presidency.

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1888
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James Bryce
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Bryce, James. The American Commonwealth. Vol. 1, London: Macmillan and Co., 1888, ch. 8.

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