The Bright Side of Humanity; Glimpses of Life in Every Land
The book The Bright Side of Humanity; Glimpses of Life in Every Land was written by author Pell, Edward Leigh, 1861- [from Old Catalog] Here you can read free online of The Bright Side of Humanity; Glimpses of Life in Every Land book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Bright Side of Humanity; Glimpses of Life in Every Land a good or bad book?
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In a speech delivered at a Hebrew fair in Boston, General Butler said: "For forty years, save one, I have been conver- sant with the criminal courts of Massachusetts and many other States, and I have never yet had a Hebrew client as a criminal. But, you may say, that was because the Hebrews did not choose you for their lawyer. But this is not the true answer ; for I never yet saw a veritable Israelite in the prisoner's box for ■crime in my life. And thinking of this matter as I was coming here,... I met a learned judge in one of the highest courts of the commonwealth, of more than forty years' experience at the bar and bench, and I put the same question to him, and he bore witness with me to the same effect. He neither at the bar nor ■on the bench had ever seen any Hebrew arraigned for crime." When Mordecai M. Noah, on his accession to the office of 402 THE BRIGHT SIDE OF HUMANITY. sheriff of New York, was taunted with the remark: "Pity Christians have to be hung by a Jew ! " he promptly replied : " Pity Christians require hanging at all." " In the statistics of crime," says Mr.
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