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“Seek the truth in all fields, and in that search you will need at least three virtues: courage, zest and modesty. The ancients put that thought in the form of a prayer. They said, “From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth, from the laziness that is content with half truth, from the arrogance that thinks it has all truth – O God of truth, deliver us.”

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Hugh B. Brown
Hugh B. Brown

American attorney born on October 24, 1883, and died on December 2, 1975. Hugh B. Brown is renowned for his outstanding contributions to the legal field. more

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