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I know this doctrine is unpleasant; I know it is more popular to appeal to public opinion--that equivocal, transient being, which exists nowhere and everywhere.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “I know this doctrine is unpleasant; I know it is more popular to appeal to public opinion--that equivocal, transient…”
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Beveridge critiques the reliance on public opinion, suggesting it is unreliable and fleeting.
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