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America has chosen to be, in many respects, and to many purposes, a nation; and for all these purposes, her government is complete; to all these objects, it is competent.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “America has chosen to be, in many respects, and to many purposes, a nation; and for all these purposes, her government…”
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This quote reflects Beveridge's view of America as a cohesive nation with a competent government for its purposes.
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What a gloom will spread over the nation when he is gone!
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.
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