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Judges and Judiciary

Jul. 23, 2005

'Roe' Propels Blackmun's Improbable Journey

Forum Column - By Michael A. S. Newman - The study of history, especially the history of the distant past, is hampered by a paucity of sources. The great British historian Thomas Carlyle called history "the distillation of rumor." The West African author Amadou Hampat B observed that every old person who dies is a library that burns.

Forum Column

By Michael A. S. Newman
        
        The study of history, especially the history of the distant past, is hampered by a paucity of sources. The great British historian Thomas Carlyle called history "th...

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