He was. But when you come to the consideration of the knowledge that men have as to how to govern a country there is a school far superior to the schools wherein instruction is given from the books. The old -immigrants who came to us came principally from England and Ireland and Scotland and Wales. Switzerland. and countries of that sortScandinavians and Germansand although some of the Scandinavians and most of the Germans never had a republican form of government. nor even a free representative government. in the sense in which we speak of it in England and here. they were the people of all Europe who possessed in the highest degree. and do now. personal liberty. and cherish it.
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People from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Switzerland, Scandinavia, and Germany are described as possessing personal liberty and knowledge of how to govern a country.