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... constitution was suspended before it was perfected ; but you had the elements of a constitution very nearly as good as could be wished . ' In his Letter of 1791 he wrote : ' I am constantly of opinion that your states , in three orders ...
... constitution was suspended before it was perfected ; but you had the elements of a constitution very nearly as good as could be wished . ' In his Letter of 1791 he wrote : ' I am constantly of opinion that your states , in three orders ...
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... constitution . To Burke a constitution was the result of slow evolution through long periods of history . Paine on the other hand defined it as ' a thing ante- cedent to a government , and a government is only the creature of a constitution ...
... constitution . To Burke a constitution was the result of slow evolution through long periods of history . Paine on the other hand defined it as ' a thing ante- cedent to a government , and a government is only the creature of a constitution ...
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... constitution , and he was not at all impressed by the work of constitution - making which was going on in France . Men needed the principles of equality and justice , but beyond that a fixed constitution tended to perpetuate a given ...
... constitution , and he was not at all impressed by the work of constitution - making which was going on in France . Men needed the principles of equality and justice , but beyond that a fixed constitution tended to perpetuate a given ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 6 |
List of Illustrations | 7 |
The Age of Romanticism | 9 |
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