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The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit… — Samuel Johnson

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.

Samuel Johnson
1784
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Law
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1784
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Samuel Johnson
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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, by Hester Lynch Piozzi. London: Thomas Cadell, 1786.

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