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Albert Beveridge: Throughout this whole period we see the rapid and solid growth of the idea of Nationality, the seeds of which had been…

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Throughout this whole period we see the rapid and solid growth of the idea of Nationality, the seeds of which had been planted in John Marshall's soul by the fingers of military necessity and danger.
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Albert Beveridge
Republican · Indiana

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Beveridge describes the growth of the idea of Nationality influenced by military necessity during Marshall's time.

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