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...mysteries of human nature and adept in the discovery of the truth in the discordant testimony of fallible human beings; judges beholden to no man, independent and honest and-equally important-believed by all men to be independent and honest; judges, above all, fired with consuming zeal to mete out justice according to law to every man, woman and child that may come before them and to preserve individual freedom against any aggression of government; judges with the humility born of wisdom, patient and untiring in the search for truth, and keenly conscious of the evils arising in a workaday...
...miles a day, pickled his face and hands in beef brine, and became a symbol of invincibility around the world. He fought from a crouch-the "Jeffries crouch"-his bullet head and meaty body low, his left outthrust, his right cocked to mete out instant doom. He beat Joe Choynski, Tom Sharkey, Gus Ruhlin, beat Fitzsimmons again, knocked out Jim Corbett twice. In 1905, at 29, he ran out of opponents and retired, wealthy and undefeated, to raise cattle and prize dogs on his ranch at Burbank, Calif, and enjoy the plaudits due a superman...
...they were all tried-the big, obvious criminals and the men who could argue with some justice that they had only obeyed orders.* According to their lights, the victors had done their best to mete out justice...
...however, the Nassau relay squad placed in the Eastern Intercollegiates, and they may easily be a surprise threat in the East this winter. Army's team, always strong, promises to be even more powerful, and Yale, of course, seeks revenge for this fall's grid defeat and hopes to mete it out with a competent squad of swimmers...
...dodge or meet him as he chose. Except for the overworked, ill-equipped fighters of the A.V.G., the Chinese had none. They groped with ground reconnaissance until they met the enemy. And while they fought him foot to foot, they had to take all the punishment which he could mete out from...