Closing Arguments

Informationen zum Autor - The editor! S.T. Joshi! who lives in Seattle! is the author and editor of many crossover books. He speak at conferences! such as his 2004 appearance before the Washington! D.C.! Press Club to promote Mencken's America. Klappentext Closing Arguments: Clarence Darrow on Religion! Law! and Society collects! for the first time! Darrow's thoughts on his three main preoccupations. The effect reveals a carefully conceived philosophy! expressed with delightful pungency and clarity. The provocative content of these writings still challenges us. His thoughts on social issues! especially on the dangers of religious fundamentalism! are uncannily prescient. A dry and even misanthropic humor lightens his essays! and his reflections on himself and his philosophy reveal a quiet dignity at the core of a man better known for provoking Americans during an era of unprecedented tumult. Zusammenfassung Clarence Darrow, son of a village undertaker and coffinmaker, rose to become one of America's greatest attorneysand surely its most famous. The Ohio native gained renown for his central role in momentous trials, including his 1924 defense of Leopold and Loeb and his defense of Darwinian principles in the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial.

Autorentext
- The editor, S.T. Joshi, who lives in Seattle, is the author and editor of many crossover books. He speak at conferences, such as his 2004 appearance before the Washington, D.C., Press Club to promote Mencken's America.

Klappentext
Closing Arguments: Clarence Darrow on Religion, Law, and Society collects, for the first time, Darrow's thoughts on his three main preoccupations. The effect reveals a carefully conceived philosophy, expressed with delightful pungency and clarity. The provocative content of these writings still challenges us. His thoughts on social issues, especially on the dangers of religious fundamentalism, are uncannily prescient. A dry and even misanthropic humor lightens his essays, and his reflections on himself and his philosophy reveal a quiet dignity at the core of a man better known for provoking Americans during an era of unprecedented tumult.


Zusammenfassung
Clarence Darrow, son of a village undertaker and coffinmaker, rose to become one of America's greatest attorneysand surely its most famous. The Ohio native gained renown for his central role in momentous trials, including his 1924 defense of Leopold and Loeb and his defense of Darwinian principles in the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial.

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