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perhaps more important in drafting a Constitution, was
not what you put in but what you leave out. And he drew
attention to the fact that of all the poets of antiquity
Homer was the greatest because he knew what to leave out.
I do hope this Convention in this instance at least does
remember what to leave out. I think this is a clause or
proposal that can be left out completely and perhaps arrest
the trend of putting too many unenforceable ultimatums and
pious statements of legislative policy in what should be
a charter of government. As I said before, I will not make
any further argument except in the uncontrolled time, but
I will be glad to answer any questions if I could.
THE CHAIRMAN: Are there any questions of the
minority spokesman?
Delegate Pascal.
DELEGATE PASCAL: Delegate Scanlan, you referred
in your remarks to the Florida Constitution which was just
rewritten; is that right?
DELEGATE SCANLAN: No, it was a statute.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Pascal.
DELEGATE PASCAL: The statute came from what?