From 'Classic Kirk: a curated selection of Russell Kirk’s perennial essays', an excerpt from Rights and Duties: Reflections on our Conservative Constitution, by Russell Kirk (Spence Publishing Company, 1997), at The Russell Kirk Center.
"A Note from the Editor
"Addressed to the common reader, this essay explores the question of why the American Constitution has succeeded while other constitutions of the modern period have been swept away. Kirk takes Edmund Burke as his guide to four principles of constitutional order and applies these observations to the prospects for the constitution, in its larger sense, of the United States. 'Let us now see how far the American constitution, both written and unwritten, accords with these principles, and how strongly prepared the American constitutional order may be to withstand powerful challenges in the dawning years.'"
[Update] See Edmund Burke, "Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol", Gateway to the Great Books (10 Vol., 1963) (10 Vol., 1963) volume 7
See American State Papers in Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volume 43, (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 40.
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