Voracious Horatius

Published: May 6, 2021, 3:20 a.m.

b'As Akhil and Andy celebrate the publication this week of The Words That Made Us, Akhil tells a story from the book - the crazy election of 1800 and its just-barely-peaceful transfer of power.\\xa0 And what is John Marshall up to?\\xa0 He\\u2019s everywhere:\\xa0 Secretary of State and Chief Justice at once, a pseudonymous scheming columnist, and in the end, the man with the Bible in his hand to swear in the eventual winner:\\xa0 his cousin.'