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They are formulated in a written code, wherein all men may look and read; whereas many of the designs of the British system are to be sought only in a cloud-land of varying individual readings of affairs.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “They are formulated in a written code, wherein all men may look and read; whereas many of the designs of the British…”
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Wilson contrasts the written nature of the American Constitution with the ambiguous interpretations of the British system.
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