I understand that it is a maxim of law, that a poor plea may be a good…

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I understand that it is a maxim of law, that a poor plea may be a good plea to a bad declaration. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Rodney O. Davis, Douglas Lawson Wilson (2008). The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, p.105, University of Illinois Press
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I understand that it is a maxim of law, that a poor plea may be a good plea to a bad declaration. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Rodney O. Davis, Douglas Lawson Wilson (2008). The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, p.105, University of Illinois Press

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