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Page 125
... tion , and now I propose to try it . " He spoke of a certain posi- tion of Douglas as " a sort of a set - off , " objected to his statement on a certain point as not coming from " an entirely competent witness , " and , one would wager ...
... tion , and now I propose to try it . " He spoke of a certain posi- tion of Douglas as " a sort of a set - off , " objected to his statement on a certain point as not coming from " an entirely competent witness , " and , one would wager ...
Page 133
... tion of twenty years of practice in framing questions . The art of a thousand cross - examinations , the art of reducing the issue to a single vital question , both came to bear on the second Freeport question , a question which every ...
... tion of twenty years of practice in framing questions . The art of a thousand cross - examinations , the art of reducing the issue to a single vital question , both came to bear on the second Freeport question , a question which every ...
Page 172
... tion ; I am not sure that I understand it , and I leave others to ponder what it is . It would be cheap sentimentality for lawyers to claim any special credit for Lincoln merely because he was once of our company , and because he knew ...
... tion ; I am not sure that I understand it , and I leave others to ponder what it is . It would be cheap sentimentality for lawyers to claim any special credit for Lincoln merely because he was once of our company , and because he knew ...
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