Excerpt from The Rise of Modern Democracy in Old and New England
If it be true that "good wine needs no bush," a translation of Dr. Borgeaud's constitutional studies should not need preliminary apologies. The extent of his researches, the accuracy of his knowledge, and the sobriety of his judgment, those who read his pages can hardly fail to observe. These are the qualities which justify the attempt of Mrs. Birkbeck Hill to present in an English dress this sketch of the development of democratic ideas in England and America.
At the same time, however, it may be for the convenience of her readers to show the relation of these two essays to the rest of Dr. Bougeaud's works, and to give a brief summary of his conclusions.
After obtaining his degree of Doctor in Philosophy at Jena, in 1883, by a thesis on the religious philosophy of Rousseau, Dr. Borgeaud devoted himself to the history of democratic ideas, and democratic government. In 1887, he grained the additional title of Doctor in Law, at Geneva, by his Histoire du Plebiscite daus l'Antiquite. But this investigation of the working of the popular vote in Greece and Rome did not throw much light on the origins of modern democracy.
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