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The immense and varied resources of the United States can only be used for self-defense, reasons the Virginia lawyer.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “The immense and varied resources of the United States can only be used for self-defense, reasons the Virginia lawyer.”
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Beveridge emphasizes Marshall's argument that the United States' resources should be reserved for self-defense rather than foreign conflicts.
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