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All that can be said is, that without the influence and the labors of Washington the convention of 1787, in all probability, would have failed of success.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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Lodge asserts the critical role of Washington's influence and efforts in ensuring the success of the 1787 Constitutional Convention.
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