Excerpt from A Short Dissertation Upon That Species of Misgovernment, Called an OligarchyThis pernicious Step is never takenby the Many, but the Leaders of a Party, the mol't eloquent and powerful, or ambitious and defigning Men, havmg engaged a Multitude of Followers, work upon them as the Inl'trument of Power to complete their Deligns. Some Men have taken the Lead that they might ferve their Country, others with a View of fervmg themfelves.(6)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.