Excerpt from The Book of Human Character, Vol. 2
It was the policy of the Medici family 1 to secure the independence of the Florentines by exciting jealousies, and equalizing the populace with the people. William the Norman had pursued an analogous system, when em ployed in consolidating his power. His chief reliance, however, was on the castles and other strong holds he erected on the domains he had reserved for himself.
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