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“Our forefathers had civilization inside themselves, the wild outside. We live in the civilization they created, but within us the wilderness still lingers. What they dreamed, we live, and what they lived, we dream.”

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Tom C. Clark
Tom C. Clark

Tom C. Clark was a prominent American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Born on September 23, 1899, and died on June 13, 1977, his tenure on the Court had a profound impact on the American legal system. more

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