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Public (n.) meant ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to the founders only its rational part; the ignorant and vulgar were as unfit to judge government as to hold its reins.