Constitutional History Of The United States From Their Declaration Of Independence To The Close Of Their Civil War Vol 2 Of 2 Classic Reprint

Author : George Ticknor Curtis
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330418918
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book Constitutional History of the United States, From Their Declaration of Independence, to the Close of Their Civil War, Vol. 2 of 2 written by George Ticknor Curtis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Constitutional History of the United States, From Their Declaration of Independence, to the Close of Their Civil War, Vol. 2 of 2 In addition to "an infinite capacity for taking pains," a Macaulay-like memory, the precision of a lawyer and dialectician, the enthusiasm born of a profound reverence for the Federal Constitution, a close intimacy with many of our greatest statesmen, lawyers, and judges, Mr. George Ticknor Curtis possessed the power of taking broad historical and philosophical views, in a true judicial temper, and of expressing them with remarkable force and clearness. The gravity, sincerity, precision, directness, and simplicity of his diction - scarcely modern - and his exhaustive knowledge of his noble subject, pre-eminently qualified him for writing the History of the Constitution of the United States, a history which appeals to the general reader and intelligent citizen as well as to the professional student of public affairs and Constitutional Law. In 1854, Mr. Curtis's "History of the Constitution of the United States" first appeared - in two volumes. It at once became a standard "authority," and a worthy companion to "Story on the Constitution," and has been often cited with respect and approval by the Supreme Court; and all publicists have conceded its fairness and trustworthiness, although some of them have not been able to agree with its conclusions on every point of theory or of interpretation. In 1889, he issued a revised edition in one volume, and announced, as in preparation, a second volume in continuation of the work originally published. The prospectus said: "The first volume of this work contains the whole of Mr. Curtis's' History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, with Notices of its Principal Framers,' which was first published by this house more than thirty years ago. 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.