History of The Han Dynasty/wang Mangs Usurpation

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    The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.
    Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)

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    men may wel often finde
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    For he was boren of a gentil hous,
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.
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