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"The subject to be regulated is commerce, and . . . it becomes necessary to settle the meaning of the word. The counsel for the appellee [party appealing to a higher court] would limit it to traffic, to buying and selling, or the interchange of commodities, and do not admit that it comprehends [includes] navigation. . . . All America understands, and has uniformly understood, the word "commerce" to comprehend navigation. It was so understood, and must have been so understood, when the Constitution was framed. . . .

The word ‘among’ means intermingled with. A thing which is among others is intermingled with them. Commerce among the States cannot stop at the external boundary line of each State, but may be introduced into the interior.”
—Chief Justice John Marshall, opinion of the court, Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
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Which of the following best summarizes this excerpt from John Marshall’s opinion?
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The word "commerce" includes navigation and is not limited to buying and selling. Commerce among the states can extend beyond their external boundaries and enter the interior.

The excerpt argues that the word "commerce" in the Constitution includes navigation, and that commerce among the states can extend beyond the external boundary line into the interior of each state.

The excerpt from John Marshall's opinion in Gibbons v. Ogden emphasizes that the word "commerce" in the Constitution includes navigation and is not limited to just buying and selling of goods. The excerpt also argues that commerce among the states cannot be limited to the external boundaries of each state, but can extend into the interior.