The life stories of these men largely make up the history of their country while they lived; and it was chiefly their words and works, their thought and purposes, that gave form and direction, on American soil, to those political and social forces which are still working out the destiny of the American people.
Beveridge emphasizes the significant impact of key historical figures on American history.
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The Virginians, on their part, found the giving of new notes a convenient way of canceling old obligations and thus piled up mountains of debt which they found hard to remove.
The existing American system was a very masterpiece of weakness.
Would they abandon their posts as judges, and the interests of millions committed to them, to serve the purposes of a single individual?
As the French storm increased, its winds blew ever stronger over the responsive waters of American opinion.
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