=Deception.=

Can any circumstances justify a departure from truth?  Rowton, p. 212: 
References.

Is it ever right to deceive?  Is falsehood never justifiable?  Matson, p. 460:  Briefs and references.

See also Hypocrite and liar.

=Decimal system.=

Askew, 1906, p. 61:  Briefs and references.—­Askew, 1911, p. 53:  Briefs.

=Declaration of London.=

Askew, 1911, p. 54:  Briefs.

=Degeneration.=

Askew, 1906, p. 62:  Briefs and references.—­Askew, 1911, p. 64:  Briefs.

=Democratic and aristocratic government.= See =Aristocratic and democratic government.=

=Democracy.=

Is representative democracy, in its principles, institutions and operation, the best form of government?  Matson, p. 134:  Briefs and references.

See also Monarchy and republicanism.

=Demosthenes and Cicero.=

Was Demosthenes a greater orator than Cicero?  Matson, p. 282:  Briefs and references.

Which was the greater orator, Demosthenes or Cicero?  Rowton, p. 208: 
References.

=Department stores.=

Are our large department stores an injury to the country?  Craig, p. 219: 
Speeches.

=Descartes.=

Has the philosophy of Descartes, in its general spirit and main features, entered as a permanent element into modern philosophy?  Has Descartes contributed more to theology than to science?  Is Descartes’s proof of the existence of God valid?  Is Descartes’s inference of being from thought legitimate?  Matson, p. 434:  Briefs and references.

See also Kant.

=Dickens and Thackeray.= See =Thackeray and Dickens.=

=Direct legislation.=

Direct legislation by the people would improve political conditions in the United States.  Thomas, p. 166:  Briefs and references.

The system of direct legislation by the people should be more generally adopted in the United States.  Ringwalt, p. 50:  Briefs and references.—­C.  L. of P. Debates:  References.

=Direct primaries.= See =Primaries.=

=Disarmament.=

Disarmament of nations.  C. L. of P. Debates:  References.

International disarmament.  Askew, 1906, p. 63:  Briefs and
references.—­Askew, 1911, p. 66:  Briefs.

=Divine comedy and Paradise lost.= See =Dante and Milton.=

=Division of labor.= See =Labor, Division of.=

=Divorce.=

Askew, 1906, p. 71; Askew, 1911, p. 76:  Briefs.

A constitutional amendment should be adopted giving Congress exclusive power to regulate marriage and divorce in the United States.  Ringwalt, p. 194:  Briefs and references.—­C.  L. of P. Debates:  References.

A constitutional amendment should be secured giving to the federal government exclusive control over divorces.  Brookings, p. 142:  Briefs and references.