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But what is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Laura Betzig
Laura Betzig*
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The Adaptationist Program, 5037 Gallagher, Whitmore Lake, MI 48189 lbetzig@gmail.com
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Forum: Biopolitics and the Road Ahead
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , September 2009 , pp. 102 - 105
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