Joseph P.'s Death

The supreme court justice Joseph P. died at the age of 78. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1870 to 1892.

He married Mary Hornblower in 1844.

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Society cannot exist without law. Law is the bond of society: that which makes it, that which preserves it and keeps it together. It is, in fact, the essence of civil society.

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The perfection of style consists in the use of the exact speech necessary to convey the sense in the fewest words consistent with perspicuity, at the same time having regard to appropriateness and harmony of expression. Its greater excellencies are directness, accuracy, appropriateness and perspicuity.

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Civil law, as well as nature herself, has always recognized a wide difference in the respective spheres and destinies of man and woman.

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As marriage and the family institution constitute the foundation and chief cornerstone of civil society, it is of the greatest moment that the marriage-tie should never be dissolved save for the most urgent reason. I cannot assent, however, to the doctrine that it should never be dissolved at all.

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The acquisition of an accurate and easy conversation, of some skill in music, and in pure and healthful diversions, are of great benefit in fitting one for social intercourse, in which one of the greatest sources of pleasure is found.