The thirteen colonies in 1787, while small and relatively unimportant, were, however, a little world in themselves, and, relatively to their numbers and resources, this problem, which they confronted and solved, differed in degree but not in kind from that which now confronts civilization.
Beck draws a parallel between the challenges faced by the thirteen colonies and contemporary issues in civilization.
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