① In today’s world, this theory is not accepted so commonly and uncritically as was the case a century and a half ago.

② Some people will say that there are many flaws in democratic government. There are. But the fact remains that nothing so far achieved in government works so well for the greatest number and depends so little upon force as democratic systems.

③ Oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.

④ He could not so much as write his own name.

⑤ As I had not so much as heard of it, I told him I knew nothing about it.