Front matter
Reading edition
[Illustration: Photo Henry Dixon & Son _From the Portrait painted by
Harrington Mann for Gray's Inn_]
JAMES M. BECK
HONORARY BENCHER OF GRAY'S INN
The Constitution of the United States
A brief Study of the Genesis, Formulation and Political Philosophy of the Constitution of the United States
By James M. Beck, LL.D.
Solicitor-General of the United States, Honorary Bencher of Gray's Inn
With a Preface by The Earl of Balfour
"Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he that keepeth the Law, happy is he."—Proverbs xxix. 18
"Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set."—Proverbs xxii. 28