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It therefore astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does; and I think it will astonish our enemies? Thus I consent, sir, to this constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best" (Collier and Collier, Decision in Philadelphia, page 340)...
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His plea to other members of the convention was to overlook their doubts and to sign the Constitution as well. George Washington spoke for a whole generation of Americans in a letter to Franklin in 1789: "If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to be beloved for philanthropy, can gratify the human mind, you must have the pleasing consolation to know that you have not lived in vane" (World Book , 1966, page 416)...
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Interpreting the constitution (strict vs. loose); Jefferson and Hamilt   American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of Rights   American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of Rights   Franklin and Jefferson   Thomas Jefferson And His Views On Government   Life of Thomas Jefferson   Life Of Thomas Jefferson   Jefferson's Effects of Slavery   Slavery And Freedom: The Contradiction Of The Formation Of The Constitution   The Issues and Impacts of Slavery In Jefferson's Republic   Thomas Jefferson: Contributions to Literature and Other Fields   America Is the Land of the Free: The Draft Is Slavery   George Washington And Thomas Jefferson   George Washington And Thomas Jefferson   An Exploration of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson Through the Eyes of Gordon S. Wood  
 
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