Albert Beveridge: “Thus he showed, in his first reported legal address, his most striking characteristic of going directly to the heart of…”

No man ever bore public honors with so meek a dignity ...

There can be little doubt that a majority of the people did not favor the Constitution when adopted by the Convention and ratified by the States.

These had power To charm through life and cheer his dying hour.

To Marshall reared--the great, the good, the wise; Born for all ages, honored in all skies; His was the fame to mortals rarely given, Begun on earth, but fixed in aim on heaven.