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ughhh, i have been in class all day today (and still have an hour and a half to go) and i haven't written my research paper that's due tomorrow, and i just want to die all over the place. the good news is, the instructor cut one of the major projects from the syllabus ~ yay.
is everyone else having a happy sattidy?
picture of the day:a detail of Poppet from john hanshew's sketches that appeared in Harper's Weekly:
so far as i know, this is one of the only pictures
of the counsel that ever graced the newspapers
(Aiken is the other lawyer in the pict ~ i cropped him).
the lawyers were by and large dismissed by the public who were more interested in the sensationalism of the prisoners themselves. George Alfred Townsend wrote, "The counsel for the accused strike me as being commonplace lawyers. They either have no chance or no pluck to assert the dignity of their profession." interesting, considering some of the spirited arguments that go on throughout the trial.
anyway, Poppet looks kinda pissed off in this illustration. but then i suppose he may have had cause given the case, first of all ~ and secondly it was the middle of summer in the 100 degree heat. i'm sure being trapped in a room packed with sweaty people and half the world against you might put you in a foul temper.
is everyone else having a happy sattidy?
picture of the day:a detail of Poppet from john hanshew's sketches that appeared in Harper's Weekly:
so far as i know, this is one of the only pictures
of the counsel that ever graced the newspapers
(Aiken is the other lawyer in the pict ~ i cropped him).
the lawyers were by and large dismissed by the public who were more interested in the sensationalism of the prisoners themselves. George Alfred Townsend wrote, "The counsel for the accused strike me as being commonplace lawyers. They either have no chance or no pluck to assert the dignity of their profession." interesting, considering some of the spirited arguments that go on throughout the trial.
anyway, Poppet looks kinda pissed off in this illustration. but then i suppose he may have had cause given the case, first of all ~ and secondly it was the middle of summer in the 100 degree heat. i'm sure being trapped in a room packed with sweaty people and half the world against you might put you in a foul temper.
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