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The Year of Pride and Praise
Black, Charles
Black, Charles
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This is the year for pride and for praise. Gladstone said it was "the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man." When one is young, one smiles indulgently at such hyperbole; what an old windbag that Gladstone was! I got a little older, and one wise day I asked myself, "Alright, if not the American Constitution, then what is the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the human mind and will?" I'm still asking. I haven't been sleeping with the Constitution at my bedside; it's just across the room. But I may move it closer, where I can stir and touch it during the night, just to remind myself, in these of all times, that fifty-five American people, in about a hundred days, could create such a thing, without even hurrying.