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根据以下材料回答第 1～4 题：George Mason must rank with John Adams and James Madison as one of the three
Founding Fathers who left their personal imprint(印记)on the fundamental law of the United States．He was the principal author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights，which，because of its early formation，greatly influenced other state constitutions framed during theRevolution and。through them，the Federal Bill of Rights of l791．
Yet Mason was essentially a private person with very little inclination／or public officeor the ordinary operation of politics beyond the country level．His appearances in the Virginia colonial and state legislatures were relatively brief，and not until l787 did he consentto represent his state at a continental or national congress or convention．Polities was never more than a means for Masson．He was at all times a man of public spirit，but politicswas never a way of life，never for long his central concern．It took a revolution to pry himaway from home and family at Gunston Hail。mobilize his skill and energy for constitutional construction，and transform him，in one brief moment of brilliant leadership，into astatesman whose work would endure to influence the lives and fortunes of those“millionsyet unborn”of whom he and his generation of Americans spoke so frequently and thought so constantly．
The author regards George Mason’s personal contribution to American law as ．
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