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As I cast my eyes along those seats of honor and of public trust now occupied by you, they seek in vain for one of those honored and honorable persons whose indulgence listened then to my voice.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “As I cast my eyes along those seats of honor and of public trust now occupied by you, they seek in vain for one of those…”
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Quincy nostalgically recalls the absence of former esteemed colleagues in the court.
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