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George Julian: “The case affords a strange commentary upon the principle of historic justice.”

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The case affords a strange commentary upon the principle of historic justice.
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George Julian
Republican · Indiana

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Julian reflects on the implications of the Credit Mobilier case for understanding historical justice.

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