A large plural society cannot be governed without recognizing that, transcending its plural interests, there is a rational order with a superior common law.
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
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