Финансист

Chapter XL

           Law,ifyouhadaskedhim,andhehadaccuratelyexpressedhimself,wasamistformedoutofthemoodsandthemistakesofmen,whichbefoggedtheseaoflifeandpreventedplainsailingforthelittlecommercialandsocialbarquesofmen;itwasamiasmaofmisinterpretationwheretheillsoflifefestered,andalsoaplacewheretheaccidentallywoundedweregroundbetweentheupperandthenethermillstonesofforceorchance;itwasastrange,weird,interesting,andyetfutilebattleofwitswheretheignorantandtheincompetentandtheshrewdandtheangryandtheweakweremadepawnsandshuttlecocksformenlawyers,whowereplayingupontheirmoods,theirvanities,theirdesires,andtheirnecessities.Itwasanunholyandunsatisfactorydisruptinganddelayingspectacle,apainfulcommentaryonthefrailtiesoflife,andmen,atrick,asnare,apitandgin.Inthehandsofthestrong,likehimselfwhenhewasathisbest,thelawwasaswordandashield,atraptoplacebeforethefeetoftheunwary;apittodiginthepathofthosewhomightpursue.Itwasanythingyoumightchoosetomakeofitadoortoillegalopportunity;acloudofdusttobecastintheeyesofthosewhomightchoose,andrightfully,tosee;aveiltobedroppedarbitrarilybetweentruthanditsexecution,justiceanditsjudgment,crimeandpunishment.Lawyersinthemainwereintellectualmercenariestobeboughtandsoldinanycause.

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