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CIVIL GOVERNMENT FOR COMMON SCHOOLS.
PREPARED AS A MANUAL FOR PUBLIC INSTRUCTION IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
To which are appended the Constitution of the State of New York as
amended at the election of 1880, the Constitution of the United
States, and the Declaration of Independence.
BY HENRY C. NORTHAM,
CONDUCTOR OF TEACHERS' INSTITUTES.
PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION.
Instruction in Civil Government should be both theoretical and