Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Montesquieu” in chapter 3 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition.:
...atises on the human understanding were the sources of the materialism of France.
In the atmosphere of England Voltaire ripened the speculative views which he pub- lished as English Letters; there Montesquieu sketched a government which should make liberty its end; and from English writings and example Rousseau derived the idea of a social compact.
Every Englishman discussed public affairs; busy politic...
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