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The Prince
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, available in Auren as a public-domain ebook in the United States.
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How Many Kinds of Principalities There Are, and by What Means They Are Acquired
All states, all powers, that have held and hold rule over men have been and are either republics or principalities.
Principalities are either hereditary, in which the family has been long established; or they are new.
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