Bombastic sentences--entirely unlike any language appearing in Burr's voluminous correspondence and papers--were well chosen for their effect on Wilkinson's vainglorious mind: "The gods invite us to glory and fortune; it remains to be seen whether we deserve the boon....
Beveridge reflects on the persuasive power of language in political correspondence.
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Our children see this and learn to imitate it....
The genius of the Constitution, and the opinions of the people of the United States, cannot be overruled by those who administer the Government.
Would they abandon their posts as judges, and the interests of millions committed to them, to serve the purposes of a single individual?
The Constitution of Virginia of 1776 was the basis upon which was built one of the most perfect political machines ever constructed; and this machine in later years came to be Marshall's great antagonist.
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