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It has been impossible to carry out the programme of the Constitution; and, without careful reform, the national legislature will even more dangerously approach the perilous model of a mass meeting.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “It has been impossible to carry out the programme of the Constitution; and, without careful reform, the national…”
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Wilson warns that without reform, Congress risks becoming too similar to a mass meeting.
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