All these are but illustrations of the general revolt against the authority of the past--a revolt that can be measured by the change in the fundamental presumption of men with respect to the value of human experience.
Beck argues that there is a widespread rebellion against traditional authority and values.
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Of this spirit one of the noblest expressions is the Constitution of the United States.
Without that vision to restrain each succeeding generation of Americans from the tempting excesses of political power, the American Commonwealth, with its great heterogeneous democracy, would probably perish.
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!
Its protection should be given to those of superior skill and diligence, who ask the due rewards of such superiority.
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