ABSTRACT
OurmenoftheLawhavenotbeenwisetoletslipastanding which,inthiscountry,theyusedtohave.
Theyusedtobe,asofcourse(alongwithpreachers,prophets, andsuccessfulgenerals),thepeopleonwhomotherpeoplecalled totellthemwhatanytroublewasallabout.Theyused,also,and againasofcourse(alongwithpoliticalleaders),tobethepeople towhomotherpeopleturnedwhentheywantedtoknowhowto getthingsdone.Acenturyorsoago,nameslikeJohnAdams, AlexanderHamilton,AndrewJackson,DanielWebster,Abraham Lincoln,carriedasureflavorofknowingwhitherandoftelling how,forAll-of-us.Suchknowingofwhitherandsuchdiscovering ofhow,forAll-of-us,isstilloftheessence.Itis,inessence,what theinstitutionoflawandthemenoflawarefor.Bothweand thosewhomweexisttoserveshouldgetthatclear.
