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constitutional_history--28067	Smith, J. Allen (James Allen)	The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy	nan		.txt	text/plain	96756	3610	51	It reflects in its form and character the existing distribution of political power within the state. If each of these classes had deliberated apart and acquired the right to assent to legislation as a separate body, a four-chambered parliament, such as existed in Sweden up to 1866 and still survives in Finland, would have been the result.[2] The essential fact, everywhere to be observed in the development of constitutional government, is the rise to political power of classes which compete with the King and with each other for the control of the state.	cache/constitutional_history--28067.txt	txt/constitutional_history--28067.txt