The Framing of the Federal Constitution (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Framing of the Federal Constitution (Classic Reprint) written by United States Department Of Th Interior and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Framing of the Federal Constitution Benjamin Franklin summed up his feelings toward the work of the convention with his famous anecdote on the rising sun carved on the back of the president's chair. As James Madison recorded the story, Franklin observed to a few members near him, that painters had found it difficult to distinguish in their art a rising sun from a setting sun. 1 have often and often in the course of the session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue looked at that behind the president without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting: But now at length 1 have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting sun. 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.