On him whom they adjudged to have been most applauded the election fell.

A mode of election open to every species of fraud, and justly condemned by Aristotle as frivolous and puerile [131].

Once elected, the senator retained his dignity for life: he was even removed from all responsibility to the people.

That Mueller should consider this an admirable institution, "a splendid monument of early Grecian customs," seems to me not a little extraordinary.

I can conceive no elective council less practically good than one to which election is for life, and in which power is irresponsible.