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The Cult of Incompetence, by Emile Faguet
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Title: The Cult of Incompetence
Author: Emile Faguet
Translator: Beatrice Barstow
Release Date: November 30, 2008 [EBook #27368]
Language: English
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THE CULT OF INCOMPETENCE
FIRST EDITION November, 1911. SECOND EDITION July, 1912.
THE CULT OF INCOMPETENCE
By EMILE FAGUET
Of the French Academy
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY BEATRICE BARSTOW
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THOMAS MACKAY
NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 1912
CONTENTS.
PAGE
CHAPTER
I.
THE PRINCIPLES OF FORMS OF GOVERNM