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Article: Old Concepts, New Challenges in Sequel to `Federalist Papers'
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- The Washington Post
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- October 21, 1996
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In the fall of 1787, three politicians traveled to New York,
sworn to win ratification of the new Constitution of the United
States in a large and important state reluctant to endorse the
concept of a strong central government.
The three -- Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay --
wrote 85 essays on the merits of the Constitution and published them
in New York newspapers under the pseudonym "Publius."
The essays are "The Federalist Papers," probably the most
famous work of political science ever produced in the United States
-- a detailed explanation and vigorous defense of a proposed system
of government unique in the world at that time.
This year, the New York-based ...