BOOK VIII.
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS.
CHAPTER I.
GOVERNMENT.
Forms o f Political Association various.—Despotism increases
with Civilization.—Government in thehumblest stateof social
existence.— Formation o f Villages or Towns, each a State or
Nation.—Form of Political Association arising out o f the
Shepherd State unknown.—Elective and Federal form s of
Government— Absolute Monarchies.—Example of the Federal
form of Government in that o f the Bugis state of
Boni, in Celebes.— Varieties o f this form of Political Association.—
Example (fthe absolute form o f Government in
that of the Javanese.—Illustrations of the History o f Government
from an examination o f Language.— Oscillation
between the Federal and Absolute forms cf Government in
the Progress o f Society.—Influence o f Foreign Manners
and Institutions on the forms o f Government among the
Indian Islanders.
E x am pl e s o f every form o f social union, from
th e equality w hich reigns am ong savages, to th e
m ost absolute form o f oriental despotism , m ay be
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