Albany Law Journal, Volumen1Weed, Parsons & Company, 1870 |
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... nature and not the result of patient and per- sistent labor and study . If all men had entertained and acted upon such an opinion , those who have won fame and honor by their eloquence would have re- mained mute and inglorious . Never ...
... nature and not the result of patient and per- sistent labor and study . If all men had entertained and acted upon such an opinion , those who have won fame and honor by their eloquence would have re- mained mute and inglorious . Never ...
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... nature had sowed in Demosthenes the seeds of a great orator ; but they were brought to perfection only by the most patient labor and severe discipline - labor and discipline that would make any student of the law , of ordinary judg ...
... nature had sowed in Demosthenes the seeds of a great orator ; but they were brought to perfection only by the most patient labor and severe discipline - labor and discipline that would make any student of the law , of ordinary judg ...
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... natural , and yet unexpected , that it had been long before labori- ously moulded and manufactured . Johnson tells us that Butler , the author of " Hudibras , " had garnered up his wit in the same way . How conclusively do these ...
... natural , and yet unexpected , that it had been long before labori- ously moulded and manufactured . Johnson tells us that Butler , the author of " Hudibras , " had garnered up his wit in the same way . How conclusively do these ...
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... nature and of the workings of legal affairs . I suppose there are certain other weak per- sons beside myself who have been tempted into reading certain of Mr. Anthony Trollope's novels , in which legal matters are marvelously but dully ...
... nature and of the workings of legal affairs . I suppose there are certain other weak per- sons beside myself who have been tempted into reading certain of Mr. Anthony Trollope's novels , in which legal matters are marvelously but dully ...
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... nature by the successful glorification of crime ? What pro- fession has given so few saints , so few martyrs , so few moral heroes to the world ? " To which we answer , that to lawyers is due a state of social affairs in which there is ...
... nature by the successful glorification of crime ? What pro- fession has given so few saints , so few martyrs , so few moral heroes to the world ? " To which we answer , that to lawyers is due a state of social affairs in which there is ...
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Página 73 - This study renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defence, full of resources. In other countries, the people, more simple and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance. Here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle. They augur misgovernment at a distance ; and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.
Página 50 - I said, there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid.
Página 346 - The court shall, in every stage of an action, disregard any error or defect in the pleadings or proceedings which shall not affect the substantial rights of the adverse party, and no judgment shall be reversed or affected by reason of such error or defect.
Página 108 - Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consistent with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are constitutional.
Página 326 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Página 120 - The rule of the common law is, that where a party sustains a loss by reason of a breach of contract, he is, so far as money can do it, to be placed in the same situation, with respect to damages, as if the contract had been performed.
Página 53 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor : suit the action to the word, the word to the action, with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature...
Página 165 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Página 133 - Congress a power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises ; to pay the debts, and provide for the common defence, and general welfare of the United States, and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States...
Página 324 - The taking, receiving, reserving, or charging a rate of interest greater than is allowed by the preceding section, when knowingly done, shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt carries with it, or which has been agreed to be paid thereon.