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See many skies and seas.

Gustave Flaubert

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Broadening one's horizons Travel

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Gustave Flaubert

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Letters of Gustave Flaubert

Medium

Letter

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Advice

Language

French

Time

1857 1850s 19th century

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Flaubert, Gustave. Letter to Mademoiselle Leroyer de Chantepie. c. 1840.

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The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow immediately from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority.

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist 22

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Political theory American politics Politics

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Alexander Hamilton

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Federalist 22 The Federalist Papers

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Essay

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Political literature

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English

Time

1787 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 22: The Same Subject Continued: Other Defects of the Present Confederation." New York Packet, 14 Dec. 1787.

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Hamilton, Alexander. "No. 22: Continuation.--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age.

Dazed and Confused

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Young women

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David Wooderson

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Matthew McConaughey

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Dazed and Confused

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Film

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Coming of age (film) Comedy (film) Coming of age Comedy

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English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Dazed and Confused. Directed by Richard Linklater, Detour Filmproduction/Alphaville Films, 1993.

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Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live... at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take...our freedom!

William Wallace

Braveheart

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Fighting for freedom

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William Wallace

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Mel Gibson

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Braveheart

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Film

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Epic (film) Historical drama (film) Epic Historical drama

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English

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1995 1990s 20th century

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Braveheart. Directed by Mel Gibson, Icon Productions/The Ladd Company, 1995.

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Courage is as contagious as fear.

Susan Sontag

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Courage vs. fear Courage Fear

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Susan Sontag

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English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Sontag, Susan. "Of Courage and Resistance." The Romero Award Ceremony. 30 Mar. 2003, Rothko Chapel, Houston, TX, USA. Keynote address.

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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Making the most

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The American Scholar

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English

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1837 1830s 19th century

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "The American Scholar." Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard College. 31 Aug. 1837, First Parish in Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "The American Scholar (1837)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

Mother Teresa

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Starting small Interconnectedness of all things

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Mother Teresa

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A Gift for God

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Religious literature

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English

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1975 1970s 20th century

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Mother Teresa. A Gift for God: Prayers and Meditations. Harper & Row, 1975.

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Justice is truth in action.

Benjamin Disraeli

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Justice

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Benjamin Disraeli

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Speeches of Benjamin Disraeli

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Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

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English

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1851 1850s 19th century

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Disraeli, Benjamin. Address on agricultural distress. House of Commons. 11 Feb. 1851, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

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We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams.

Arthur O'Shaughnessy

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Dreamers Dreams

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Arthur O'Shaughnessy

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Ode (O'Shaughnessy)

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Poem

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English

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1874 1870s 19th century

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O'Shaughnessy, Arthur. "Ode." Music and Moonlight: Poems and Songs. London Chatto and Windus, 1874.

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If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!

Soren Kierkegaard

Either Or

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Possibility Anticipation Imagination

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Soren Kierkegaard

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Either Or

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Danish

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1843 1840s 19th century

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Kierkegaard, Soren [published as Victor Eremita]. Enten-Eller [Either/Or]. Vol. 1, Copenhagen: University bookshop, 1843.

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Kierkegaard, Soren. Either/Or: A Fragment of Life, translated by Alistair Hanny. Penguin Classics, 1992, pt. 1.

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This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

Winston Churchill

On the Battle of Egypt in November of 1942.

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World War II

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Winston Churchill

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English

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1942 1940s 20th century

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Churchill, Winston. Speech at the Mansion House. Lord Mayor's Luncheon. 10 Nov. 1942, Mansion House, London, England, UK.

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Churchill, Winston. "The bright gleam of victory', 10 November 1942, Mansion House, London." Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches. Hyperion, 2005.

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Prenuptial agreement. Everybody needs a prenup! People think you gotta be rich to get a prenup, oh no! You got 20 million, your wife want 10, big deal, you ain't starvin'. But if you make 30 thousand, and your wife want 15, you might have to kill her!

Chris Rock

Bring the Pain

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Prenuptial agreements Divorce Marriage

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Chris Rock

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Bring the Pain

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Comedy special

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Comedy (stand up)

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English

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1996 1990s 20th century

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Rock, Chris. Chris Rock: Bring the Pain. HBO, 1 June 1996.

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A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for...is a miserable creature, who has no chance of being free.

John Stuart Mill

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Willingness to fight Self-sacrifice Cowardice Freedom

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John Stuart Mill

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The Contest in America Fraser's Magazine

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Essay

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Philosophical literature Political literature

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English

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1862 1860s 19th century

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Mill, John Stuart. "The Contest in America." Fraser's Magazine, Feb. 1862.

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Mill, John Stuart. "The Contest in America." Essays on Equality, Law and Education. Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, edited by John M. Robson. Vol. 21, Routledge, 2014.

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A state without some means of change is without the means of its own conservation.

Edmund Burke

Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Seeds of revolution Revolution Political gridlock Politics French Revolution

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Edmund Burke

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Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Political literature

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English

Time

1790 1790s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: James Dodsley, 1790.

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Burke, Edmund. "Reflections on the Revolution in France." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

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To kill Americans and their allies, both civil and military, is an individual duty of every Muslim who can, in any country where this is possible, until the Aqsa mosque and the Haram mosque are freed from their grip, and until their armies, shattered and broken-winged, depart from all the lands of Islam, incapable of threatening any of the lands of Islam, incapable of threatening any Muslim.

Osama bin Laden

Statement of the World Islamic Front

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Islamic extremism

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Osama bin Laden

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Arabic

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1998 1990s 20th century

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Bin Laden, Osama. "World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders: Initial "Fatwa" Statement." Al Quds Al Arabi, 23 Feb. 1998.

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The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: First Series (Emerson)

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Virtue Friendship Reciprocity

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Friendship Essays: First Series (Emerson)

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Essay

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English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Friendship." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Friendship." The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, edited by Brooks Atkinson. Modern Library, 2000.

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You'll shoot your eye out.

A Christmas Story

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Guns Danger

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Mother Parker

Actor

Melinda Dillon

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A Christmas Story

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Film

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Christmas movie Comedy (film) Christmas Comedy

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English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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A Christmas Story. Directed by Bob Clark, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1983.

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Remember, no man is a failure who has friends.

It's a Wonderful Life

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Friendship Friends

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Clarence

Actor

Henry Travers

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It's a Wonderful Life

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Film

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Christmas (film) Drama (film) Christmas Drama

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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It's a Wonderful Life. Directed by Frank Capra, Liberty Films, 1946.

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I believe in America.

The Godfather

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American Dream America

Speaker

Amerigo Bonasera

Actor

Salvatore Corsitto

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The Godfather

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Film

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Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

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The Godfather. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount Pictures/Alfran Productions, 1972.

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It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

James Madison

Federalist 51

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Political theory Politics Government Human nature

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James Madison

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Federalist 51 The Federalist Papers

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Essay

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Political literature

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English

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

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American Revolutionary Period

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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 51, The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments." New York Packet, 8 Feb. 1788.

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Madison, James. "No. 51: How to maintain: make the parts check each other. Also, a federal system divides power further.--Madison (or Hamilton)." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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