The Life of the Right Honourable John Philpot Curran, Late Master of the Rolls in Ireland
The book The Life of the Right Honourable John Philpot Curran, Late Master of the Rolls in Ireland was written by author Curran, William Henry, 1789?-1858. [from Old Catalog] Here you can read free online of The Life of the Right Honourable John Philpot Curran, Late Master of the Rolls in Ireland book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Life of the Right Honourable John Philpot Curran, Late Master of the Rolls in Ireland a good or bad book?
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But even that adamantine chain, which bound the integrity of man to the throne of eternal justice, is solv- ed and molten in the breath which issues from the mouth of the in- former. Conscience swings from her moorings 5 the appalled and affrighted juror speaks what his soul abhors, and consults his own safety in the surrender of the victim- — — - et quas sibi quisque timebat Unius in miseri exitium conversa tulere. Informers are worshipped in the temple of justice, even as the devil has been w...orshipped by Pagans and savages — even so in this wicked country, is the informer an object of judicial idolatry — • even so is he soothed by the music of human groans — even so is he placated and incensed by the fumes and by the blood of human sa- crifices." It is some relief tq turn from these descriptions, (the truth of which any who may doubt it, will find authenticated by the histo- rian,) to the attestation which the advocate bore (and which he was always ready to bear) to the honourable and dignified demeanour of a presiding judge.* " You are upon a great forward ground, with the people at your back, and the government in your front.
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