Law Practice
Jun. 5, 2001
Judging Books by Covers
Books are beneficial. They are used as doorstops, paperweights, steps (to reach other books on high shelves), projectiles (to emphasize a contentious point) and booster seats (the late jazz pianist Erroll Garner, short in stature, but big in talent, placed the New York City phone book on the piano bench to better reach the keyboard).
2nd Appellate District, Division 6
Arthur Gilbert
Presiding Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6
UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963
Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.
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Books are beneficial. They are used as doorstops, paperweights, steps (to reach other books on high shelves), projectiles (to emphasize a contentious point) and booster seats (the late jazz pianist Erroll Garner, short in stature, but big in talent, placed the New York City phone book on the piano bench to better reach the keyboard).
Books also are read, with varying degrees of comprehension. They have been written a...
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