To: millegan
Big deal. The period was heavily influenced by Classical culture, we were TRYING to model our new system after the Roman Republic and democratic Athens, even Sparta was tossed in.
2 posted on
11/24/2014 8:20:58 AM PST by
Kozak
("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
To: Kozak
Some wonder if it was rather the influence of the Masonic Order, who seem to profess in the higher levels that man can become gods.
5 posted on
11/24/2014 8:35:24 AM PST by
Apple Pan Dowdy
(... as American as Apple Pie)
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