On the record
The parts of our Constitution have gradually, and almost insensibly, in a long course of time, accommodated themselves to each other, and to their common as well as to their separate purposes.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke reflects on the gradual evolution of the British Constitution and its components over time.
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