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Clarence Darrow was a prominent American lawyer known for his defense of controversial clients and his influential legal arguments. He was born on April 18, 1857, and passed away on March 13, 1938.

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“The purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.”

Men Life Should Life Is Purpose Men And Women Purpose Of Life

Author:Clarence Darrow

“Many writers claim that nearly all crime is caused by economic conditions, or in other words that poverty is practically the whole cause of crime. Endless statistics have been gathered on this subject which seem to show conclusively that property crimes are largely the result of the unequal distribution of wealth. But crime of any class cannot be safely ascribed to a single cause. Life is too complex, heredity is too variant and imperfect, too many separate things contribute to human behavior, to make it possible to trace all actions to a single cause.”

“Everyone is the heir to all that has gone before; his structure and emotional life is fixed, and no two children of nature have the same heredity. I believe everyone should and must live out what is in him. So no two lives can be the same.”

Should Believe Children Two Life Is I Believe Gone Emotional Structure Fixed Heirs Heredity Emotional Life Two Lives

Author:Clarence Darrow

“We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.”

Knows Men Life Wisdom Life Is Knowledge Wonderful Importance Cells

Author:Clarence Darrow

“I am pleading for the future; I am pleading for a time when hatred and cruelty will not control the hearts of men. When we can learn by, reason and judgment and understanding and faith that all life is worth saving, and that mercy is the highest attribute of man.”

Men Heart Reason Life Is Understanding Judgment Highest Hatred Mercy Cruelty Saving Attributes Pleading

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“Life is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach man his proper relation to the environment where he must live.”

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“The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.”

Ideas Life Is Easy Alive Absurd Immortal Cowardice Hopes And Fears Life Is Easy Immortal Life

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“The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence of its truth”

Facts Life Is Belief Future Evidence Future Life

Book:The Story of My Life

Source: The Story of My Life

“The purpose of life is to live it.”

Life Is Purpose Purpose Of Life

Author:Clarence Darrow

About the Author

Born: April 18, 1857
Died: March 13, 1938
Known for: Lawyer
Quotes: 191

Books & Sources

The Story of My LifeRelated source material

Attorney for the Damned: Clarence Darrow in the CourtroomRelated source material

Why I Am an Agnostic and Other EssaysRelated source material

Crime: Its Cause and TreatmentRelated source material

Closing Arguments: Clarence Darrow on Religion, Law, and SocietyRelated source material

A Persian pearl, and other essaysRelated source material

Clarence Darrow on the Death PenaltyRelated source material

Clarence Darrow: The Creation of an American MythRelated source material

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In the Clutches of the Law: Clarence Darrow's LettersRelated source material

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