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partial incorporation of a number of distinct sovereignties. Time alone can mature and perfect so compound a system; liquidate the meaning of all the parts; and adjust them to each other in a harmonious and consistent whole.^[1]

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1. The Federalist, No. 82. See also Mr. Hume's Essays, Vol. I, Essay on the Rise of Arts and Sciences.