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The power over commerce, including navigation, was one of the primary objects for which the people of America adopted their government....
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “The power over commerce, including navigation, was one of the primary objects for which the people of America adopted…”
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Beveridge emphasizes the importance of commerce in the formation of the American government.
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