[Ads-l] Request help tracing (Before Churchill): Democracy =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=A6_?=worst form of government, except for all others which have been tried

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Back on November 16, 2023 I posted a request to verify a quotation in
a volume with a Google Books assigned date of 1946. Now, this request
has been satisfied. Many thanks to a helpful librarian at the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who obtained the target volume
from offsite storage. She found the quotation and scanned the
pertinent pages. An article on this topic will be posted in the coming
days/weeks.
Garson

> Here is a candidate for an earlier close match in 1946. Would you
> please help me to verify this citation with scans or hardcopy?
> Carefully verifying the date is crucial.
>
> Year: 1946
> Title: Journal of Education (for Nova Scotia)
> Supplement: Provincial Support of Adult Education in Nova Scotia: A Report
> Author: Guy Henson
> Quote Page 25 (According to Google Books)
> Publisher: Education Office, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
> Description: A magazine provided by the Dept. of Education for the use
> of Nova Scotian teachers and their co-workers
> Database: Google Books Snippet: This data may be inaccurate and must
> be verified with scans or hardcopy
>
> https://books.google.com/books?id=BwpsdWFZeBQC&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=worst
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> This dilemma in education depends for solution on the meaning of
> democracy in practice. This is commonly called the most difficult form
> of government in the world; it has even been called the worst form of
> government, except for all others which have been tried. Certainly it
> is the form of government which our people are agreed to make work.
> [End excerpt]

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