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2764. EUROPE, America and.—

With
all the defects of our constitutions, whether
general or particular, the comparison of our
governments with those of Europe, are like
a comparison of heaven and hell. England,
like the earth, may be allowed to take the
intermediate station.—
To Joseph Jones. Washington ed. ii, 249. Ford ed., iv, 438.
(P. 1787)