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  • The provisions of the Constitution are not mathematical formulas having their essence in their form; they are organic, living institutions transplanted from English soil. Their significance is vital, not formal; it is to be gathered not simply by taking the words and a dictionary, but by considering their origin and the line of their growth.

    "Gompers v. United States, 233 U.S. 604, 610". Judicial opinion, 1914.
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