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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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325 |
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AUTHOR:
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William Ewart Gladstone (1809–98) |
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QUOTATION:
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As the British Constitution is the most subtile organism which has proceeded from the womb and the long gestation of progressive history, so the American Constitution is, so far as I can see, the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE, “Kin Beyond Sea,” The North American Review, September–October 1878, p. 185. |
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SUBJECTS:
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Constitution of the United States |
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