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It was not, then, Marshall's declaring an act of Congress to be unconstitutional that was innovating or revolutionary.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “It was not, then, Marshall's declaring an act of Congress to be unconstitutional that was innovating or revolutionary.”
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Beveridge argues that Marshall's declaration of unconstitutionality was not the revolutionary act, but rather the reasoning behind it.
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There was about him so little of 'the insolence of office,' and so much of the benignity of the man, that his presence always produced ... the most delightful impressions.
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.
Genius, and learning, and consummate skill, Moulding each thought, obedient to the will; Affections pure, as e'er warmed human breast, And love, in blessing others, doubly blest; Virtue unspotted, uncorrupted truth, Gentle in age, and…
No! but snatched from time, To bloom afresh in yonder sphere sublime.
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