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The judicial literature of the English tongue may be sought in vain for finer models than are found in the opinions of Judge Black when he sat, and was worthy to sit, as the associate of John Bannister Gibson, on the Supreme Bench of Pennsylvania.
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James Blaine
Republican · Maine

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Blaine asserts the high quality of judicial writing found in the opinions of a specific judge.

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