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The Lawyer’S Duty To Be Faithful To His Own Manhood, Thomas M. Cooley Dec 1877

The Lawyer’S Duty To Be Faithful To His Own Manhood, Thomas M. Cooley

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“On a previous occasion similar to this when I was invited to address a few parting words to a class of law students, I directed their attention specifically to their duty to observe fidelity to their clients. To-day I shall call your attention to a duty equally imperative, and perhaps still more often neglected, namely: the duty of fidelity to one’s own manhood....

“I shall have accomplished fully my purpose in these parting admonitions if I impress upon your convictions the paramount importance of observing in all your professional life the obligation of fidelity to truth, to justice, …