If the Roman Empire could have possessed that political vitality in all its parts which is secured to the United States by the principles of equal representation and of limited state sovereignty, it might well have defied all the shocks which tribally-organized barbarism could ever have directed against it.
"American Political Ideas Viewed From The Standpoint Of Universal History"
John Fiske
Not only had the Africans been divided tribally but now politically as well.
"Black Man's Burden"
Dallas McCord Reynolds
These young men are the dandies, the proud young aristocracy of wealth and importance; and of course they may differ individually or tribally from the sample I have offered.
"African Camp Fires"
Stewart Edward White