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the peoples voices E. J. White (p. 413): The different departments of government, now recognised, were not separated at this period of the world's history; it was a fundamental principle of Roman Government that the supreme power was inherent in the people, though it might be delegated by them to elected or hereditary magistrates. All important matters, however, had to be brought before the sovereign people, who could ratify or reject the proposals made to them without discussion. The power of the people, swayed as they were by improper appeals and motives, led to a period of moral and political corruption which was followed by the military despotism of the Cæsars.
William Shakespeare. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D. The Tragedie of Coriolanus. Philadelphia and London. J. B. Lippincott Company.
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