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Remember that Our Lady, the Common Law, is not a task-mistress, but a bountiful sovereign, whose service is freedom.
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Beck metaphorically describes the Common Law as a benevolent force for freedom.
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To remove those causes of estrangement, to avoid a fateful catastrophe, in other words, to bring about a cordial understanding with America, the first condition must be an understanding of America.
This is as it should be, for--for better or worse--England and America will play together a great part in the future history of the world.
And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?
Other nations may not take it so literally, but with our life-long adherence to a written Constitution as a solemn contractual obligation, we do.
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