It is not too much to say that the success with which the framers of the Constitution reconciled national supremacy and efficiency with local self-government is one of the great achievements in the history of mankind.
Beck highlights the successful balance achieved by the framers of the Constitution between national authority and local governance.
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Assuredly, the man of to-day, with the rich heritage of countless ages, can do no less.
But all three spring from one root; all three are carried out by men of like political ideals; all three are destined to promote the cause of ordered liberty throughout the world.
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and just can repair.
The great evil of the world to-day is this aversion to work.
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