Lawyers Are: The only civil delinquents whose judges must of necessity…

Charles Caleb Colton
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Lawyers Are: The only civil delinquents whose judges must of necessity be chosen from (amongst) themselves.
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Lawyers Are: The only civil delinquents whose judges must of necessity be chosen from (amongst) themselves.

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