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I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I had decided rightly and justly.
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It is better that the law should be certain than that every judge should speculate upon improvements in it.
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Born:
June 4, 1751
Died:
January 13, 1838
(aged 86)
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John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon was a British barrister and politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain between 1801 and 1806 and again between 1807 and 1827.
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