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Marshall despondently summed up the work of the session: "We have as yet done nothing finally.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “Marshall despondently summed up the work of the session: "We have as yet done nothing finally.”
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Beveridge captures Marshall's frustration with the lack of progress in legislative efforts.
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