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The law's delays and laxity in administration breed a spirit of contempt, and too often invite men to take the law into their own hands.
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Beck discusses the consequences of delays in the legal system and their impact on societal behavior.
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It must champion the human soul in its God-given right to exercise freely the faculties of mind and body.
Of this spirit one of the noblest expressions is the Constitution of the United States.
Its protection should be given to those of superior skill and diligence, who ask the due rewards of such superiority.
Under the American Constitution, they are part of the fundamental law, and, as such, enforceable by judges sworn to defend the integrity of the individual as fully as the integrity of the State.
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