To Quote Neal Stephenson...

"[the] time-encrusted monstrosity of Common Law, that staggering, cobwebbed Beast, that senile compendium of folklore and wives' tales, a scabrous Colander sieving all the chunky bits out of the evanescent flux of Society and compacting 'em into legal head-cheese."

 Seems I've been bumping into lots of lawyers (present and past) these days.  In tribute to their craft, above is my favourite quote from Neal Stephenson's book, Quicksilver.



Time: 1688.
Place:  London England.
Stage:  the Star Chamber - Westminster Palace.
Speaker:  Lord Chancellor Jeffreys - solicitor, lawyer, nasty dude.
Addressing:  Dr. Daniel Waterhouse - natural philosopher and childhood friend of Sir Isaac Newton.



http://www.amazon.com/Quicksilver-Baroque-Cycle-Vol-1/dp/0380977427

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