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 duty as well as your high privilege to exert every effort and utilize every legitimate influence to assure a republic as the form of government under which you live.

If you live in the United States of America, you can do this most effectively by working for the election of executives and members of the legislative bodies, in nation, State, county and city, who understand the meaning of a republic and who will conduct the government in accordance with the plan of a republic.

If you live in some other country, you should work for the adoption of a constitution that will provide for the four elements which make possible the founding of a republic in lieu of the form of government which now prevails.

"Back to the republic" should be the watch-word of every patriot in this country, and "Forward to the republic" should be the keynote of every patriot in each of the other countries of the world.

The people of this country for their own good should get "back to the republic" as soon as possible, and the people of each of the other countries, for their own good, should move forward to a republic as rapidly as possible.

The sooner we get "back to the republic" in this country and the people of each of the other