I do not know whether it is the view of the Court that a judge must be thick-skinned or just thick-headed, but nothing in my experience or observation confirms the idea that he is insensitive to publicity. Who does not prefer good to ill report of his work? And if fame - a good public name - is, as Milton said, the 'last infirmity of noble mind', it is frequently the first infirmity of a mediocre one.
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