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... approach that Lin- coln did not utilize the technical resources of the law , but in- stead sought only after substantial justice . The intention , well meant but legally immature , is to give a sort of knight - errant LINCOLN AS A ...
... approach that Lin- coln did not utilize the technical resources of the law , but in- stead sought only after substantial justice . The intention , well meant but legally immature , is to give a sort of knight - errant LINCOLN AS A ...
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... approach to trees , and there- fore wished to make it extremely unattractive to cut timber . This tree protection approach was not part of the basic attitude of the community which was still struggling to clear the land . 20 Whitecraft ...
... approach to trees , and there- fore wished to make it extremely unattractive to cut timber . This tree protection approach was not part of the basic attitude of the community which was still struggling to clear the land . 20 Whitecraft ...
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... approach grained into his thinking it was more significant , for the practice of excessively minute legalism has never been in good odor with the American people and was even more obnoxious in the nineteenth century than in the ...
... approach grained into his thinking it was more significant , for the practice of excessively minute legalism has never been in good odor with the American people and was even more obnoxious in the nineteenth century than in the ...
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