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The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Prince, by Nicolo Machiavelli
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YOUTH — Æt. 1-25—1469-94
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OFFICE — Æt. 25-43—1494-1512
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LITERATURE AND DEATH — Æt. 43-58—1512-27
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CHAPTER II. CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES
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CHAPTER III. CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES
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CHAPTER IV. WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATH
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CHAPTER V. CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED
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CHAPTER VI. CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE’S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY
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CHAPTER VII. CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE
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CHAPTER VIII. CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS
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CHAPTER IX. CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY
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CHAPTER X. CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASURED
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CHAPTER XI. CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES
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CHAPTER XII. HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES
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CHAPTER XIII. CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE’S OWN
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CHAPTER XIV. THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ART OF WAR
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CHAPTER XV. CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED
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CHAPTER XVI. CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS
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CHAPTER XVII. CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED
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CHAPTER XVIII.[1] CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH
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CHAPTER XIX. THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED
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CHAPTER XX. ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT, ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL?
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CHAPTER XXI. HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWN
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CHAPTER XXII. CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES
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CHAPTER XXIII. HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED
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CHAPTER XXIV. WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES
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CHAPTER XXV. WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER
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CHAPTER XXVI. AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS
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DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS ADOPTED BY THE DUKE VALENTINO WHEN MURDERING VITELLOZZO VITELLI, OLIVEROTTO DA FERMO, THE SIGNOR PAGOLO, AND THE DUKE DI GRAVINA ORSINI
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THE LIFE OF CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI OF LUCCA
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