TABLE OF THE FIRST BOOK.

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WHAT the beginnings of any city have been universally, and what that of Rome was. chap. 1. page 1.

¶ Of how many kinds the republics are, & of which one the Roman Republic was. chap. 2. p. 4

What accidents caused the creation of the tribunes of the plebs in Rome, which made the Republic more perfect. chap. 3. p. 7

That the disunion of the plebs & of the Roman Senate made that Republic free & powerful. chap. 4. p. 8

Where one may more securely place the guard of liberty, whether in the people, or in the great men, & who have greater cause to cause tumults: he who wishes to acquire, or he who wishes to maintain. chap. 5. p. 9

Whether in Rome one could organize a state that would take away the enmities between the people & the Senate. chap. 6. p. 11

How necessary accusations are in a Republic to maintain liberty. chap. 7. p. 14

As much as accusations are useful to republics, so much are slanders pernicious. chap. 8. p. 16

How it is necessary to be alone when one wishes to organize a Republic, or to reform it anew entirely outside of its ancient orders. chap. 9. p. 18

As much as the founders of a republic or of a kingdom are laudable, so much are those of a tyranny reprehensible. chap. 10. p. 19

Of the religion of the Romans. chap. 11. p. 21

Of how much importance it is to take account of religion, & how Italy, for having lacked it, has been...

Wendell Phillips Garrison
Mar. 21. 1907