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Quotation from The Commonwealth of Oceana by James Harrington
“Dividing and choosing, in the language of a commonwealth, is debating and resolving”
The Commonwealth of Oceana, Part I, The Preliminaries (Morley's Universal Library edition (1887), Project Gutenberg text)
The cake translated into constitutional terms: the senate debates and proposes, the people resolve.
Citation: "Dividing and choosing, in the language of a commonwealth, is debating and resolving" — James Harrington, The Commonwealth of Oceana, Part I, The Preliminaries (Morley's Universal Library edition (1887), Project Gutenberg text). (id harrington-oceana-q5)
Portrait: James Harrington (jha), Unknown artist, Public domain.
