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I gravely question whether it has the same clarity as the brain of the generation which fashioned the Constitution of the United States.
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Beck expresses doubt about the clarity of contemporary thought compared to that of the Constitution's framers.
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If it ceases to be of the spirit of the people, then the yellow parchment whereon it is inscribed can avail nothing.
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