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James Beck: “History knows few instruments which in so few words lay down equally momentous rules on a vast range of matters of the…”

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History knows few instruments which in so few words lay down equally momentous rules on a vast range of matters of the highest importance and complexity.
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James Beck
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Beck asserts the significance of the Constitution in establishing important rules concisely.

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