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Obviously, a working government could not easily be constituted between peoples of different religions, races, and economic interests, who, for the most part, never met each other face to face and with whom frequent communication was impossible.
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James Beck
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Beck discusses the challenges of forming a government among diverse groups with limited communication.

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