Daniel Webster Quote

When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself.


Biographical memoir [by Edward Everet] and speeches on various occasions (ed. 1851)


When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself.

When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself.

When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself.

When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself.