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...thesubstance, of a commonwealth. The grandfather of Mahomet, and his linealancestors, appear in foreign and domestic transactions as the princes oftheir country; but they reigned, like Pericles at Athens, or theMedici at Florence, by the opinion of their wisdom and integrity;their influence was divided with their patrimony; and the sceptre wastransferred from the uncles of the prophet to a younger branch of thetribe of Koreish. On solemn occasions they convened the assembly ofthe people; and, since mankind must be either compelled or persuaded toobey, the use and reputation of oratory among the ancient Arabs is theclearest evidence of public freedom. [33] But their simple freedom wasof a very different cast from the nice and artificial machinery of theGreek and Roman republics, in which each member possessed an undividedshare of the civil and political rights of the community. In the moresimple state of the Arabs, the nation is free, because each of hersons disdains a base submission...

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