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Inconstancy is mingled in the blood, marrow, and very essence of this people....
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “Inconstancy is mingled in the blood, marrow, and very essence of this people....”
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Here, Beveridge comments on the inherent instability he perceives in the character of the American people.
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