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They represented the spirit of representative government at its best in avoiding the cowardice of time-servers and the low cunning of demagogues.
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Beck highlights the integrity and dedication of the delegates during the Constitutional Convention.
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That vision still remains as an ideal with the American people and still leads them to ever-higher achievements, for in all the mad changes of a frenzied hour, they have not yet lost faith in or love for the Constitution of the Fathers!
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