![The great objects which presented themselves [to the Constitutional Convention] ... formed a task more difficult than can be well conceived by those who were not concerned in the execution of it. Adding to these considerations the natural diversity of human opinions on all new and complicated subjects, it is impossible to consider the degree of concord which ultimately prevailed as less than a miracle.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-great-objects-which-presented-themselves-to-the-constitutional-convention.jpg)
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diversity common celebrate
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diversity may dangerous
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diversity joy life-is
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miracle too-late turns
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miracle heaven earth
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miracle rest-of-your-life wells
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miracle lasts mysterious
We have at last ascertained that miracles can be perfectly understood; that there is nothing mysterious about them; that they are simply transparent falsehoods. Robert Green Ingersoll
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tasks venture sound
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