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Remember well, do not forget, you cannot be a good lawyer unless you are a good man.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Remember well, do not forget, you cannot be a good lawyer unless you are a good man.”
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Sumner stresses the moral obligation of lawyers to be good individuals.
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