Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States Before the Adoption of the Constitution (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States Before the Adoption of the Constitution<br><br>Imperfect however as these Commentaries may seem to those who are accustomed to demand a perfect finish in all elementary works they have been attended with a degree of uninviting labour and dry research of which it is scarcely possible for the general reader to form any adequate estimate. Many of the materials lay loose and scattered; and were to be gathered up among pamphlets and discussions of a tempo rary character; among obscure private and public documents and from collections which required an exhausting diligence to master their contents or to select from'' unimportant masses a few facts or a solitary argument. Indeed it required no small labour even after these sources were explored to bring together the irregular fragments and to form them into groups in which they might illustrate and support each other.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.