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Its strength will be found, upon analysis, to lie in its definiteness and in its power to restrain rather than in any unusual excellence of its energetic parts.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “Its strength will be found, upon analysis, to lie in its definiteness and in its power to restrain rather than in any…”
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Wilson analyzes the Constitution's strength as being in its clarity and ability to restrain power.
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