M'Culloch v. Maryland · ¶53

These propositions, as abstract truths, would, perr ':haps,- never be, controverted. Their, application to this case,' however, has been denied; and, both in -maintaining thé affirmative and the negative, a splendor of eloquence, and strength of argument, seldom, if ever, surpassed, have been displayed.

U. S. Reports, bound volume
U. S. Reports, volume 17, at 316 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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