Some Campaign Letters, 1902 (Classic Reprint)
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Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 90 |
Release | : 2017-01-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 1334933847 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781334933844 |
Rating | : 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Excerpt from Some Campaign Letters, 1902 Granting that he believes all he says, that the burdens of our railroads should be increased three-fold and their revenue cut in half, that the finding of a dead body near a railroad is prima-facie evidence of the guilt of the corpo ration, gentlemen and fellow citizens, I ask ln all serious ness, is he such a conservative, well-balanced impartial jurist as you would wish to adorn the Supreme Court bench of your State? Why do we exclude from our jury boxes men who have formed and expressed opinions upon the case at the bar Simply because experience has shown that men cling to their opinions, against the world, the esh' and the devil, not to mention such an unimportant thing as evidence, hence jurors who have opinions cannot be trusted to bring in verdicts in accordance with the evi dence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."