As I have already shown in my first lecture, credit was gone, business paralysed, lawlessness triumphant, and not only between class and class, but between State and State, there were acute controversies and an alarming disunity of spirit.
Beck outlines the dire economic and social conditions that plagued the nation before the Constitution was adopted, emphasizing the need for unity.
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A few wise and noble spirits, true Faithfuls and Great Hearts, led a despondent people out of the Slough of Despond till their feet were again on firm ground and their faces turned towards the Delectable Mountains of peace, justice, and…
In any study of a World Constitution, the example of those who framed the American Constitution can be studied with profit.
My principal purpose in these lectures is to deepen the interest of this great nation in one of the very greatest and far-reaching achievements of our common race.
To this we owe the elasticity of the instrument.
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