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Gouverneur Morris of Pennsylvania was put in charge of the committee to draft the final copy and co-authored the final language of the Constitution of the United States, based on the discussions and resolutions of the Continental Congress.

Science Quotes by Constitution of the United States (1)

The Congress shall have power to ... promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
Founding U.S. Patents.
— Constitution of the United States
Constitution of the United States, Art. 1, Sec.8, Par. 8. In George Sewall Boutwell, The Constitution of the United States at the End of the First Century (1895), 219.
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Quotes by others about Constitution of the United States (3)

Physicians and politicians resemble one another in this respect, that some defend the constitution and others destroy it.
Anonymous
Acton or the Circle of Life : A Collection of Thoughts and Observations (1849), 190.
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[The Constitution] is an experiment as all life is an experiment.
Oliver Wendell Holmes and Alfred Lief (ed.), The Dissenting Opinions of Mr. Justice Holmes (1981), 50.
See also:  |  Constitution (3)  |  Experiment (115)  |  Life (52)

The Congress shall have power to ... promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
Founding U.S. Patents.
Constitution of the United States, Art. 1, Sec.8, Par. 8. In George Sewall Boutwell, The Constitution of the United States at the End of the First Century (1895), 219.
See also:  |  Constitution (3)  |  Government (11)  |  Invention (45)  |  Patent (3)


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