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I read , the other day , in a novel which has beguiled the leisure hours of many of
us , lately , that the first step towards a true acquaintance with persons or things ,
is to obtain a definite outline of our ignorance . I think it is equally true that the ...
I read , the other day , in a novel which has beguiled the leisure hours of many of
us , lately , that the first step towards a true acquaintance with persons or things ,
is to obtain a definite outline of our ignorance . I think it is equally true that the ...
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For I am only too conscious how almost impossible it is , without the help of this
public pressure , to obtain any law reform at all . At the outset I cannot but allude
to a subject which in my opinion stands at the very threshold of all true law reform
...
For I am only too conscious how almost impossible it is , without the help of this
public pressure , to obtain any law reform at all . At the outset I cannot but allude
to a subject which in my opinion stands at the very threshold of all true law reform
...
Page 7
Of all modes of obtaining the best man for such an office , election by the
freeholders of the county is surely about the worst . ... I am far from denying that ,
able and competent men have at times obtained the office under the present
system , but ...
Of all modes of obtaining the best man for such an office , election by the
freeholders of the county is surely about the worst . ... I am far from denying that ,
able and competent men have at times obtained the office under the present
system , but ...
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And this was done for the purpose of obtaining from the Jury , as neighbours who
were likely to be acquainted with them , the facts relating to the death . Indeed , it
is still laid down in Sir John Jervis ' s work on Coroners , that , “ after each ...
And this was done for the purpose of obtaining from the Jury , as neighbours who
were likely to be acquainted with them , the facts relating to the death . Indeed , it
is still laid down in Sir John Jervis ' s work on Coroners , that , “ after each ...
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On the first of these we have obtained the report of a Commission , containing
elaborate expositions of the law by eminent lawyers . But whatever it may have
achieved in guiding our future conduct as to the treatment of fugitive slaves , it ...
On the first of these we have obtained the report of a Commission , containing
elaborate expositions of the law by eminent lawyers . But whatever it may have
achieved in guiding our future conduct as to the treatment of fugitive slaves , it ...
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