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1	inalienable rights among which are life, liberty and
2	the pursuit of happiness. That, of course, was deleted
3	in the Constitution of 1867.
4	I guess the history is self-explanatory as to
5	why this was included perhaps at that time. Yet, I am
6	not too sure, but I think it bears on this particular
7	point of your asking the question of whether the Con-
8	stitution and the Bill of Rights should contain certain
9	aspirations, certain firm beliefs which are inherent and
10	have grown out of the lives and history of the people in
11	the United States and became the purpose of including
12	them in the Bill of Rights of the Federal Constitution
13	and, of course, inclusion from time to time of these
14	rights in the State Constitution.
15	Then with respect to the matter restricting
16	the State with respect to individuals, I think that it
17	should contain that, but I also believe these aspirations
18	these firm beliefs the people have, I think this has some
19	weight with the people themselves in the application of
20	the total outlook on the Constitution. Perhaps it might
21	have some effect in the judicial process. The judges