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Since a constitution is designed not only
to serve the present but to anticipate the future, it
is vital that provisions to facilitate regional government
be included for that time -- no matter how distant --
when local governments desire to unite in some or
several cooperative ventures.
Before concluding his testimony, I wish to
note that this message has been intentionally limited
to those major points and particular passages I most
enthusiastically endorse or most seriously question.
In all cases, I feel that there is room for further
discussion and continued call for compromise based upon
consistent logic and practical considerations.
Flexibility for future generations compels flexibility
in present attitudes.
The challenges of your charge are as inspiring
as they are formidable. The State is blessed and
commended by the experience and talent of its delegates
to this Convention. In the weeks ahead you will find
the intellectual demands exhausting, the efforts almost
superhuman, the decisions often agonizing. Yet you
shall meet these demands and make those decisions |
