But another judge, who, as lawyer and authority in courts down to this day, perhaps excels even the two already cited,--I mean Lord Chief Justice Holt,--has explained and developed this principle in masterly language.
Sumner praises Lord Chief Justice Holt for his eloquent explanation of the principle that no one can judge their own case.
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At Baltimore the delegation of the most important State in the Union, known to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, was refused admission to the Convention.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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