Chicago: its history and its builders; a century of marvelous growth . MELVILLE W. FULLER ISAAC X. AK\(;. JUVENILE COURT BUILDING, EWING STREET, NKAK HALSTEDDedicated Au^ii^i 7. 1907 CHICAGO: ITS HISTORY AND ITS BUILDERS ;;|;; years afterward, speaking of himself to his comrades at the bar, he could say:It has come to pass that as the star of empire moving westward hangs fixed andresplendent above the glorious valley of the Mississippi, a member of this barand a citizen of Chicago has been designated to the headship of the mightiesttribunal upon earth. Of that tribunal or the grave and
Chicago: its history and its builders; a century of marvelous growth . MELVILLE W. FULLER ISAAC X. AK\(;. JUVENILE COURT BUILDING, EWING STREET, NKAK HALSTEDDedicated Au^ii^i 7. 1907 CHICAGO: ITS HISTORY AND ITS BUILDERS ;;|;; years afterward, speaking of himself to his comrades at the bar, he could say:It has come to pass that as the star of empire moving westward hangs fixed andresplendent above the glorious valley of the Mississippi, a member of this barand a citizen of Chicago has been designated to the headship of the mightiesttribunal upon earth. Of that tribunal or the grave and weighty responsibilities ofthat office it does not become me now to speak, nor could I, if it were otherwisiappropriate, for I am oppressed with the sadness inevitable when one after longyears of battle puts his armor off and retires from the ranks of his comrades. fullers rise to high distinction Judge Brown in his address spoke ot the fact that at the time of his appoint-ment Fuller was comparatively an unknown man. Concerning this he said: Ifhe had not sooner achieved distinction in the world of politics
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