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He was to learn, in a hard and bitter school, the danger of provincialism and the value of Nationality.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “He was to learn, in a hard and bitter school, the danger of provincialism and the value of Nationality.”
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Beveridge points out the critical lessons about nationalism and provincialism that John Marshall encountered during his education.
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