 A Constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced...  Niles' Weekly Register - Página 691819Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | 1819 - 660 páginas
...avoid those embarrassments. A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the...the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely he embraced by the human mind. It would probably never be understood by the public. Its nature, therefore,... | |
 | William Rawle - 1825 - 438 páginas
...the nature of the objects themselves. If it contained an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution, it would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and rather tend to embarrass than to elucidate.... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1833 - 800 páginas
...of all the subdivisions, of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means, by which these may be carried into execution, would partake of the...would probably never be understood by the public. I Its nature, therefore, requires, that only its great outlines should be marked, its important objects... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1833 - 782 páginas
...avoid those embarrassments. A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions, of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means, by which these may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1838 - 520 páginas
...constitution to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and all the means by which they may be carried into execution,...requires that only its great outlines should be marked — iis important objects designated, and the minor ingredients which compose those ol'jects, be deduced... | |
 | Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1838 - 546 páginas
...have made it a prolix code, and probably one never to be understood by the public. Its nature required that only its great outlines should be marked, its...important objects designated, and the minor ingredients left to be deduced. There is no restrictive term preventing the Constitution from receiving a fair... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks - 1838 - 542 páginas
...did not attempt to go into an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers would admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution. That would have made it a prolix code, and probably one never to be understood by the public. Its nature... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 páginas
...those embarrassments. • A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the...would probably never be understood by the public. |_Its nature therefore requires that only its great outlines should be marked, its important objects... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - 1843 - 442 páginas
...Constitution," he continued, " can contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of its powers, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution. Its nature required that only the * Marshall. great outlines should be marked and its important objects... | |
 | 1845 - 436 páginas
...Constitution," he continued, " can contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of its powers, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution. Its nature required that only the * Marshall. great outlines should be marked and its important objects... | |
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