Posted by Ian McKechnie on September 14, 2009, 3:14 pm, in reply to "Incomplete americanization"
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Frank MacKinnon once called the Crown an "abstraction," and although his pro-monarchy writings are important, the word "abstraction" implies something hazy or indefinate. "Institution" or "Office" would be more acceptable; the Queen's represenatives don't represent an abstraction; they represent an institution/office held by the Monarch.
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