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The Constitution is to-day, not a ruined Parthenon, but rather as one of those Gothic masterpieces, against which the storms of passionate strife have beaten in vain.
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Beck metaphorically describes the Constitution as a Gothic masterpiece, resilient against challenges over time.
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