"It has been said that in controversy everything depends upon whether truth be put in the first or in the second place. And so in constitutional law much depends upon whether "liberty" be given precedence."
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From The Liberty to Trade as Buttressed by National Law (1909) by George H. Earle, Jr.
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George Howard Earle, Jr.
George H. Earle, Jr. (6 July 1856 – 19 February 1928) was a Philadelphia lawyer and "financial diplomat" who was highly sought after to save ailing corporations from financial ruin.
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