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“But if, on the other hand, we should be justified in rejecting it, if there testified on oath, then, supposing our rules of evidence to be sound, we may be excused if we hesitate elsewhere to give it credence.” quote by Simon Greenleaf — Download Open image

“But if, on the other hand, we should be justified in rejecting it, if there testified on oath, then, supposing our rules of evidence to be sound, we may be excused if we hesitate elsewhere to give it credence.”

Simon Greenleaf

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If a close examination of the evidences of Christianity may be expected of one class of men more than another, it would seem incumbent upon lawyers who make the law of evidence one of our peculiar studies. Our profession leads us to explore the mazes of falsehood, to detect its artifices, to pierce its thickest veils, to follow and expose…

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Our religion, then, rests on the credit due to these witnesses.

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In trials of fact, by oral testimony, the proper inquiry is not whether is it possible that the testimony may be false, but whether…

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There should be a readiness, on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, and to submit,…

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Either the men of Galilee were men of superlative wisdom, and extensive knowledge and experience, and of deeper skill in the arts of deception…

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