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Excerpt from The Government of New York, Its History and Administration To understand the political system under which we live, we must study not only the Federal govern ment of the United States, but the government of our own State. In 'many respects the State govern ment comes into closer and more vital relations to us than does the national government. The most important interests of our daily life - our personal liberty and security, the peace of our homes, our property, our health, our education - are all largely under the protection or supervision of the State. So too, our most ordinary political duties have to do either with the affairs of the State itself, or with va rious matters connected with the subdivisions of the State - the affairs of the county, the town, the vil lage, or the city. These are matters which concern every citizen. To know how they are managed, and how they ought to be managed, is necessary to every one who expects to have a share in the rights and duties of citizenship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.