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18278 Novr Feb. 4
Constitutional Code

32
Ch. XII Judiciary collectively
(5 §. 28 Locable who
Non-locable, Advocates.

15
Quarterstaff player
remembers that his staff
has two ends — Lawyer
forgets that a suit has
two sides a right & a
wrong one

The man who In playing at quarterstaff, to the
man who with his staff defends his body against the staff
of his adversary, does it is no secret that his staff has
two ends. But not Not altogether so correct is the memory
of the learned gentleman, when defending supporting [whether
by logic or] by rhetoric the reputation of his profession
and his own through the medium of that of his profession against
any attacks to which he receives it to stand exposed
at the hands of logic. A Two little circumstance what
which on these occasions he never fails to remember to forget
one. 1. that every suit has two sides a right side
and a wrong side 2. that when he is conscious — be it ever
so fully conscious that the side to which he is endeavouring to
give success to the wrong side, be the wrong ever so enormous
no relation on any such account do his such his endeavours
ever experience.

16
True that if an advocate
gives up a cause because
he thinks it bad many
a good cause may be
surrendered

True it is that were he not thus to compel himself,
were it allowable to an Advocate to give up his suit cause as soon as
he perceived his client to be in the wrong, no small not inconsiderable
would be the danger and incurable in that case, for
sometimes through indolence, sometimes through tracking good
causes as well as bad would in this case be in danger of
being surrendered.

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But true that if a lawyer
must advocate a bad cause
with his eyes open no man
need to enter into the
profession

Not less true is it on the other hand that though to
no men who stand engaged in the profession is it practicable to avoid
giving, and with eyes wide open his support to injustice
yet to every no such man is it prac otherwise than practicable to avoid
engaging in a profession — no a course of life in and by which the practice
of giving support to injustice as often as be justice is necessitated.

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Date_1	1828-02-04	Marginal Summary Numbering	15-17
Box	042	Main Headings	constitutional code
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