Essay No. 1 of The Federalist Papers for the 21st Century Reader
THE FEDERALIST PAPERS, ESSAY NO. 1: INTRODUCTION BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON; TRANSLATED INTO MODERN-DAY LANGUAGE BY NATALIE MORRIS.
After realizing for a long time that our...
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