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I claim no monopoly of character or of ability for our profession. I know we have unworthy members. I know that at times the Bar has furnished pliant tools for the oppression of the citizen, and the perversion of the law. But I do insist that our standard of character and ability is as high as that
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104:Union Army
80:lieutenant
632:Cannataro
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42:Biography
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539:Cardozo
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449:Johnson
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