By such policy as this the wheels of government are clogged, and our brightest prospects, and that high expectation which was entertained of us by the wondering world, are turned into astonishment; and, from the high ground on which we stood, we are descending into the vale of confusion and darkness.
Beck illustrates Washington's belief that poor governance is leading to a decline in America's prospects.
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That vision will remain with them as long, and no longer, as there is in their hearts a conscious and willing acquiescence in its wisdom and justice.
That vision still remains as an ideal with the American people and still leads them to ever-higher achievements, for in all the mad changes of a frenzied hour, they have not yet lost faith in or love for the Constitution of the Fathers!
It must champion the human soul in its God-given right to exercise freely the faculties of mind and body.
Its protection should be given to those of superior skill and diligence, who ask the due rewards of such superiority.
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