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 established the golden mean or of having evolved the standard form of government. But when the scope of this tremendous governmental achievement dawns upon mankind, the republic will be the universal form of government everywhere around the world, just as other standards and other golden means in other fields of activity have been universally utilized when their superiority became known and acknowledged.

Just so certain as the sphere is the standard form for the heavenly bodies, including the earth, throughout all the realm of nature, from the mightiest suns to the smallest planets, so sure it is that the republic, the golden mean, will become the standard form of government throughout the world.

It may be urged that the republic has not worked perfectly. The answer is that it is not the fault of the form of government, but of its imperfect application. It has provided by far the best government of any form that has ever been devised.

Problems in mathematics are not always worked correctly, but it is not the fault of the digits. It is the fault of imperfect application. Words are misspelled, but it is not the fault of the alphabet. We do not have perfect monetary systems, but it is not the fault of gold. Our