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Neither human events nor Thomas Jefferson had waited upon the convenience of John Marshall.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “Neither human events nor Thomas Jefferson had waited upon the convenience of John Marshall.”
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Beveridge reflects on the inevitability of historical events and figures acting independently of others' timelines.
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