all that are possible.

Historically, all governments have, in some sense, been developed
from the patriarchal, as all society has been developed from the
family. Even those governments, like the ancient Roman and the
modern feudal, which seem to be founded on landed property, may
be traced back to a patriarchal origin. The patriarch is sole
proprietor, and the possessions of the family are vested in him,
and he governs as proprietor as well as father. In the tribe,
the chief is the proprietor, and in the nation, the king is the
landlord, and holds the domain. Hence, the feudal baron is
invested with his fief by the suzerain, holds it from him, and to
him it escheats when forfeited or vacant. All the great Asiatic
kings of ancient or modern times hold the domain and govern as
proprietors; they have the authority of the father and the owner;
and their subjects, though theoretically their children, are
really their slaves.

In Rome, however, the proprietary right undergoes an important
transformation. The father retains all the power of the
patriarch within his family, the patrician in his gens or house,
but, outside of it, is met and controlled by the city or state.
The heads of houses are united in the senate, and collectively
constitute and govern the state. Yet, not all the heads of
houses have seats in the senate, but only the tenants of the
sacred territory of the city, which has been surveyed and marked
by the god Terminus. Hence the great plebeian houses, often
richer and nobler than the patrician, were excluded from all
share in the government and the honors of the state, because they
were not tenants of any portion of the sacred territory. There