Partly by bringing the exercise of existing powers under the supervision of the central government, partly by subjecting to systematic control the new powers called into life by the wants of the time, the old system of local self-government-limited by law, but independent of any administrative superior-has been replaced by a system where the local bodies, and especially those outside of the great towns, are to a considerable extent under the tutelage of the state.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
"From that day to this," he went on, "in spite of constant efforts on the part of many members of your Council, in spite of a friction which has been going on ever since, your Council has been kept in a state of tutelage, you have been called upon year by year to elect a Council, which does not advise, and an Executive which does not administer.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
The suppression of this book would not only be a deliberate protection of vice-which is always best served by turning off the light-but the reduction of every English adult to the condition of a child under tutelage.
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann