By degrees this new demand for elective and temporary rulers became the prominent object of the exertions of the popular party, wherever any such party existed; and superseded, to a considerable extent, the previous efforts to limit the power of rulers.

• 只要存在受欢迎的政党，这种要求民选的、任期制政府的呼声逐渐成为它努力的重要目标，而且在很大程度上取代了以前限制统治者权力的作法。