The Federalist Papers · Federalist No. 37 · paragraph 9

How far the convention may have succeeded in this part of their work, will better appear on a more accurate view of it. From the cursory view here taken, it must clearly appear to have been an arduous part.

Publius · Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison · 1787–1788
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