liberty, and the next was equally important.  It was now formally stipulated that the estates were to deliberate upon all measures which “concerned justice and polity,” and that no change was to be made—­that is to say, no new law was to pass without their consent as well as that of the council.  Thus, the principle was established of two legislative chambers, with the right, but not the exclusive right, of initiation on the part of government, and in the sixteenth century one would hardly look for broader views of civil liberty and representative government.  The foundation of a free commonwealth was thus securely laid, which had William lived, would have been a representative monarchy, but which his death converted into a federal republic.  It was necessary for the sake of unity to give a connected outline of these proceedings with regard to the sovereignty of Orange.  The formal inauguration, only remained, and this, as will be seen, was for ever interrupted.

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Character of brave men to act, not to expect
Colonel Ysselstein, “dismissed for a homicide or two”
God has given absolute power to no mortal man
Hope delayed was but a cold and meagre consolation
Natural to judge only by the result
No authority over an army which they did not pay
Unduly dejected in adversity

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