On the record
You seduce a lawyer from his practice, by which he is earning a comfortable independence, by promising him a certain support for life, unless he shall be guilty of misconduct in his office.
Source
gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “You seduce a lawyer from his practice, by which he is earning a comfortable independence, by promising him a certain…”
Editor's note · Context
Beveridge highlights the ethical dilemma of enticing lawyers into public service at the cost of their independence.
Share
More from Albert Beveridge
There was about him so little of 'the insolence of office,' and so much of the benignity of the man, that his presence always produced ... the most delightful impressions.
The Experiment, with its foundations laid on universal Suffrage and an unfettered and licentious Press is of too violent a nature for our excitable People.
That time, however, is unquestionably arrived, and every oppression now exercised on a helpless people depending on our magnanimity and justice for the preservation of their existence impresses a deep stain on the American character.
In the excitement produced by ardent controversy, gentlemen view the same object through such different media that minds, not infrequently receive therefrom precisely opposite impressions.
Other voices in this conversation
