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Old Master and Other Political Essays

This is a collection of five essays published by Woodrow Wilson in 1893, while he was Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University (still known at the time of publication as The College of New Jersey). They had originally appeared in The New Princeton Review and The Atlantic Monthly. The essays included are The Old Master, The Study of Politics, Political Sovereignty, Character of Democracy in the United States, and Government Under the Constitution. - Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi (3 hr 35 min)

Chapters

I. An Old Master

33:45

II. The Study of Politics

34:29

III. Political Sovereignity

45:30

IV. Character of Democracy in the United States

50:07

V. Government Under the Constitution

51:27