Book excerpt: Excerpt from Stetson Oracle, Vol. 19: June 18, 1931 Benefiting thus from the weak points of some vain attempts at government and from the few strong. Points of others, our own Constitution was drawn up by as able a body of men as ever as sembled for one given purpose. Seeing the errors of such docu ments as the Magna Carta the Mayflower Compact the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut The New England Confederation and recognizing the weaknesses in those such as English Bill of Rights Franklin's Plan of Union the Declaration of Rights and the Articles of Confederation these true intelligent Americans com piled what Gladstone states, Is the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.