Had not the great writer and thinker Montesquieu himself said the republic relied on virtue, and virtue consisted in the capacity of individuals to exercise their own freely-formed judgment?

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"The device was shown to markedly improve patient's quality of life and their functional capacity, and by functional capacity I mean that they were able to exercise longer and they were able to perform more of their activities of daily living, " said lead researcher Dr. William Abraham of the University of Kentucky.

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"It takes advantage of a physiologic process to improve your exercise capacity and your recovery, " Ann said.

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