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Excerpt from The Constitution of the United States: With Bibliographical and Historical Notes, and Outlines for Study This manual is published by the directors of the Old South Studies in History and Politics, for the use of schools and of such clubs, classes and individual students as may be prompted by the recent centennial observances or by general considerations to a more careful study of the Constitution and its history. It is also hoped that it may itself serve to prompt many circles to systematic work in this important field. The societies of young men and women now happily being organized everywhere in America for historical and political study can do nothing better to begin with than to make themselves thoroughly familiar with the Constitution. It is with such societies in view that the table of topics for study, which follows the bibliographical notes in this manual, has been prepared. Such an outline can never be exhaustive; and, on the other hand, it must suggest lines of study, to all of which few societies will be able to give thorough attention in an ordinary course. The endeavor here has been to preserve well the balance between the historical and the theoretical sides of the subject; and this should be the aim in all courses of study, whether the subjects for essays or discussions be drawn from the list here furnished or originally suggested by the society itself. A copy of this manual will be sent to any address on receipt of twenty-five cents; one hundred copies, fifteen dollars. Address: Directors of Old South Studies, Old South Meeting House, Boston. 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.