On the record
Here assembled lawyers, orators, statesmen, whose names have been given to the ages.
Said by
Adlai Stevenson
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gutenberg.orgAdlai Stevenson: “Here assembled lawyers, orators, statesmen, whose names have been given to the ages.”
Editor's note · Context
Stevenson acknowledges the influential figures who gathered at the courthouse, shaping the future of the nation.
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