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Albert Beveridge: “Thus did he develop the idea of good faith and stability of engagement as a life-giving principle of the American…”

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Thus did he develop the idea of good faith and stability of engagement as a life-giving principle of the American Constitution.
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Albert Beveridge
Republican · Indiana

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Beveridge articulates the importance of good faith and stability in engagements as essential to the American Constitution.

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