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To diagnose truly this malady we must look to some cause that is coterminous in time with the disease itself and which has been operative throughout civilization.
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Beck calls for a deeper examination of the causes of societal malady, suggesting they are rooted in historical context.
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Of this spirit one of the noblest expressions is the Constitution of the United States.
If it ceases to be of the spirit of the people, then the yellow parchment whereon it is inscribed can avail nothing.
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!
That vision will remain with them as long, and no longer, as there is in their hearts a conscious and willing acquiescence in its wisdom and justice.
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