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At this point he rises to the heights of august eloquence: "A constitution is framed for ages to come, and is designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “At this point he rises to the heights of august eloquence: "A constitution is framed for ages to come, and is designed…”
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Beveridge quotes Marshall on the enduring nature of the Constitution and its design for longevity.
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