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Accompanying this indisposition to work efficiently has been a mad desire for pleasure, such as, if it existed in like measure in preceding ages, has not been seen within the memory of living man.
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Beck critiques the modern pursuit of pleasure over work efficiency.
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Under the American Constitution, they are part of the fundamental law, and, as such, enforceable by judges sworn to defend the integrity of the individual as fully as the integrity of the State.
It must champion the human soul in its God-given right to exercise freely the faculties of mind and body.
It did not believe that the State was omnipotent or infallible, and yet it proclaimed its authority within wise and just limits.
If it ceases to be of the spirit of the people, then the yellow parchment whereon it is inscribed can avail nothing.
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