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| | Classical definition of republic - Wikinfo |
 | | A Classical Republic, (Greek: πολιτεια; Latin: respublica) is a "mixed constitutional government" which embodies civic duty, virtue, social cohesion and where there is a high devotion, fidelity and regard for the rule of law. |
 | | The influence of classical political writings led Sir Thomas Smyth, in 1583, to describe England under Queen Elizabeth I as a republic; to wit: De Republica Anglorum; the Manner of Government or Policie of the Realme of England. |
 | | Being a majority of Masons, the founding fathers of America, in creating the government, borrowed the mixed form from classical republicanism but substituted commercialism, humanism with its egalitarian slant and liberalism as its ethos which is embodied in the Bill of Rights. |
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