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THE FEDERAL CONVENTION, by                    
First Line: Concentred here th' united wisdom shines
Last Line: "yeomen and tradesmen, pillars of the state; / on whose decision hangs columbia's fate"
Subject(s): Federal Constitutional Convention;u.s. - History


CONCENTRED here th' united wisdom shines,
Of learn'd judges, and of sound divines:
Patriots, whose virtues searching time has tried,
Heroes, who fought, where brother heroes died;
Lawyers, who speak, as Tully spoke before,
Sages, deep read in philosophic lore;
Merchants, whose plans are to no realms confin'd,
Farmers -- the noblest title 'mongst mankind:
Yeomen and tradesmen, pillars of the state;
On whose decision hangs Columbia's fate.





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