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The Year of Pride and Praise
Black, Charles
Black, Charles
Abstract
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.