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Show 132 The the Constltutiont therefore, he.lgh:t of" morel plone. it function (1$ aims facti, rel.ed to the are post end c:ompaniGn to G Q t. 0-' change, nQ, the it almost people eh.,ge, ,Iece fo·, the i$ not on to view ehong.e, to view difficult to absolute. It it not naited socreaj but SflCf&d at eU to onfy in its In th. oehievement 01 the-ir eims. These pres..,. and to the Constitution, people as (I to reason its easy intelleetucd exereiJe. the Constitution. the Co.n$tJtution Q whole, not the an politlon, within 't would be eaIY absolute, or to _mit to 0 eon"'" admit fvndamentGI Q decoyed product .f Q dead past; it is more accept change, evaluate n, and then view the Comtitutton. the insfrun"tent, the companion of the people purposes, on smaJ-1 private ;roup. T. fitUI of to ($ not Thomes does lust that. in cschlevfn.g their evolwted oirM and In COMlusion Thomos said! The Constitution of the United St.s IS' probably -best never deflned, because It " wmethi.ng bigger than any of us reolll:es. It is semethlng mote splendid than the founding fothers ever drearrled o·f. It is something beyond definition. aut In its fimd asp-ects it is the companion of the American people in the accomplIshment ef their eeen omic, political .and social obJectives. That is whoi' the if it is .... growth*, States and natioN thus became en·tities of destiny working tn accordance ete.mol purpo$e$ of God or Nature for the the other. Without the concept of progress, much of the forward..Jookin1J thinJd", of the nlneteenth eenture would never have been indulged in; an·a 'vAthout the faith which the concept produced, and whJeh gave man his energy to explore in u.nknown fields, the advancement of man's culture could never hove been attained. At the end of this gredt period of thought, perfeetabUtty of man and society in progressive growth did more to make modern man whet he is and to make modem institutions what they are than any If other slngle thing. Congressional Record, Vol. 83, p, 1438, (75th Congress) with Q divine or good 0' mttn. One, plan you see, - 3d S_., April 11, 19385. to ctCcempUsh was incidental to |
