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## Section 1 of 13

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AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America.

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After clearly experiencing that the current federal government isn't working well, you are asked to think about a new Constitution for the United States of America.

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The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in  its consequences nothing less than the existence of the UNION, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empire in many respects the most interesting in the world.

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This topic is very important; it involves consequences that affect the existence of the UNION, the safety and well-being of its parts, and the future of an empire that is interesting in many ways.

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It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force.

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Many people have noted that it seems like it's up to the people of this country, through their actions and examples, to answer the big question: can people really create a good government by thinking carefully and making choices, or will they always have to rely on chance and force for their political systems?

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If there be any truth in the remark, the crisis at which we are arrived may with propriety be regarded as the era in which that decision is to be made; and a wrong election of the part we shall act may, in this view, deserve to be considered as the general misfortune of mankind.

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If there's any truth to that idea, then the critical moment we're facing right now could be seen as the time when we'll make that decision. If we choose the wrong path, it might be seen as a huge misfortune for all people.

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