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Quotation from Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward by Supreme Court of the United States
“These eleemosynary institutions do not fill the place, which would otherwise be occupied by government, but that which would otherwise remain vacant.”
Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.), on the policy of the clause (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Marshall argues that private charities supplement rather than replace the work of government.
Citation: "These eleemosynary institutions do not fill the place, which would otherwise be occupied by government, but that which would otherwise remain vacant." — Supreme Court of the United States, Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.), on the policy of the clause (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id dartmouth-college-v-woodward-q6)
Portrait: John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832, Henry Inman, Public domain.
