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At no period and in no land, in so brief a space of time, has any other jurist or statesman ever bestowed upon his country three documents of equal importance.
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Beveridge reflects on the unparalleled contributions of John Marshall to American jurisprudence during a critical period in history.
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The genius of the Constitution, and the opinions of the people of the United States, cannot be overruled by those who administer the Government.
The Spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.
Thus were the ideas of Nationality and localism in America brought into sharper conflict by the mob and guillotine in France.
In the development of John Marshall as well as of his great ultimate antagonist, Thomas Jefferson, during the formative decade which we are now to consider, the influence of the French Revolution must never be forgotten.
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