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... opinions and judgments of men . His vocabulary knew no limits except those set by the language itself ; and such was his facility in its use as to extort from the stern Chief - Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts the ...
... opinions and judgments of men . His vocabulary knew no limits except those set by the language itself ; and such was his facility in its use as to extort from the stern Chief - Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts the ...
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... opinion then , we had only a choice of evils . He chose to endure those we had , rather than to fly to others he knew not of . Genius in oratory and ca- pacity in statesmanship are not often combined in the same person . Nor can it be ...
... opinion then , we had only a choice of evils . He chose to endure those we had , rather than to fly to others he knew not of . Genius in oratory and ca- pacity in statesmanship are not often combined in the same person . Nor can it be ...
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... opinions of the bench . He avoided personal controversy with his brethren at the bar , and he treated witnesses upon the stand , whether friendly or hostile , with apparent kindly consideration . It was only in argument that witnesses ...
... opinions of the bench . He avoided personal controversy with his brethren at the bar , and he treated witnesses upon the stand , whether friendly or hostile , with apparent kindly consideration . It was only in argument that witnesses ...
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... opinions , a follower of Hamilton , and an associate and friend of Web- ster . If the Constitution of the country had been the work of his own hand , his devotion to it could not have been greater ; but he was terrified by the thought ...
... opinions , a follower of Hamilton , and an associate and friend of Web- ster . If the Constitution of the country had been the work of his own hand , his devotion to it could not have been greater ; but he was terrified by the thought ...
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... opinions for one age and another set for an- other . They pass away like a dream . They are as the fabric of a vision which leaves not a rack behind . The discoveries of genius alone remain . To them we owe all that we now have . They ...
... opinions for one age and another set for an- other . They pass away like a dream . They are as the fabric of a vision which leaves not a rack behind . The discoveries of genius alone remain . To them we owe all that we now have . They ...
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