Albert Beveridge: “If this be a principle universally acknowledged, what can destroy its…”

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If this be a principle universally acknowledged, what can destroy its application to the case before the court?

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Beveridge poses a rhetorical question about the universality of legal principles and their application to specific cases.

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Albert Beveridge: “If this be a principle universally acknowledged, what can destroy its application to the case before the court?”