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ELEMENTS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT


PART I.

CHAPTER I.

THE FAMILY.

INTRODUCTORY.[1]--People living in the United States owe respect and
obedience to not less than four different governments; that is, to four
forms of organized authority. They have duties, as citizens of a
township or civil district, as citizens of a county, as citizens of
some one of the States, and as citizens of the United States. All
persons are, or have been, members of a family; some also live under a
village or city government; and most children are subject to the
government, of some school. Many people in this country live under six
governments--namely, the family, the township or civil district, the
village or city, the county, the State, and the United States; while
children who live in villages or cities, and attend school, are subject
to seven different governments. These organizations are so closely
related that the duties of the people as citizens of one do not
conflict with their duties as citizens of the others. The better
citizen a person is of one of these governments the better citizen he