The success of the Connecticut plan made possible that of other essential compromises which followed; and the result was, as the sublime consummation of wise deliberation and patriotic concession, the establishment of the Government of the United States.
Stevenson emphasizes the significance of compromise in establishing the U.S. government, portraying it as a product of thoughtful deliberation and patriotism.
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Looking back through the long vista of years, it is my honest belief that such singing as his, at home or abroad, I have never heard.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil.
Unless curbed it will sap the foundation of civilized society.
My countrymen, the little settlement planted just three centuries ago near the spot upon which we have to-day assembled has under divine guidance grown into a mighty nation.