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Johnson to the immortal fame of Shakespeare, that the stream of time, which has washed away the dissoluble fabric of many other paper constitutions has left almost untouched its adamantine strength.
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Beck compares the lasting strength of the American Constitution to the ephemeral nature of other constitutions.
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Its protection should be given to those of superior skill and diligence, who ask the due rewards of such superiority.
Of this spirit one of the noblest expressions is the Constitution of the United States.
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.
The tendency of group morality to standardize man--and thus reduce all men to the dead level of an average mediocrity--is one that the law should combat.
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