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Thus it is that the refusal of forty-six Massachusetts towns to send representatives to the State Convention changed the destiny of the Republic.
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Beveridge reflects on the significant impact of Massachusetts towns' refusal to participate in the State Convention on the future of the Republic.
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Washington was the soul of the American cause.
The Constitution's enemies, thus far out-pointed by its perfectly trained and harmonious supporters, could delay no longer.
The Constitution of Virginia of 1776 was the basis upon which was built one of the most perfect political machines ever constructed; and this machine in later years came to be Marshall's great antagonist.
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