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He could fight to the death with arms or arguments; but personal warfare by tongue or pen was beyond or beneath him.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “He could fight to the death with arms or arguments; but personal warfare by tongue or pen was beyond or beneath him.”
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Beveridge describes Marshall's preference for physical or argumentative battles over personal attacks.
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