Adlai Stevenson: “Here assembled lawyers, orators, statesmen, whose names have been…”

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Here assembled lawyers, orators, statesmen, whose names have been given to the ages.

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Adlai Stevenson

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Stevenson acknowledges the influential figures who gathered at the courthouse, shaping the future of the nation.

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Unless curbed it will sap the foundation of civilized society.

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Adlai Stevenson: “Here assembled lawyers, orators, statesmen, whose names have been given to the ages.”