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Excerpt from Biographies of the President of the United States, the Vice-President, the Heads of Departments, and Senators of the Forty-Third Congress
The Supreme Court, as at present constituted, consists of one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices. Previous to the acces sion of the present judges, the Supreme Bench had been occupied by six Chief Justices and thirty Associate Justices. The incumbents of these high positions have been chosen from among the brightest ornaments of the profession of the law. In legal learning, general talents, and personal character, the Supreme Court of the United States, as at present constituted, is fully equal to any that has pre ceded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
