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I must have plenary evidence before I believe him capable of committing the hundredth part of the absurd & foolish things that are ascribed to him....
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “I must have plenary evidence before I believe him capable of committing the hundredth part of the absurd & foolish…”
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Beveridge expresses skepticism about the credibility of claims made against a person, emphasizing the need for substantial evidence before believing accusations.
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In the excitement produced by ardent controversy, gentlemen view the same object through such different media that minds, not infrequently receive therefrom precisely opposite impressions.
To Marshall reared--the great, the good, the wise; Born for all ages, honored in all skies; His was the fame to mortals rarely given, Begun on earth, but fixed in aim on heaven.
No! but snatched from time, To bloom afresh in yonder sphere sublime.
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