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536 FAMOUS LIVING AMEEICANS his domestic relations there could be nothing more admirable." In fine, we have in Chief Justice Edward Douglass White,

  • 'a profound lawyer and a just judge,*' * "with such talent for

the expounding of our Constitution and laws, and such gifts of clear and keen analysis, that he may well help us to keep from losing faith in our most distinctive political institution. ' ' In the various capacities of student, soldier, lawyer, politician, planter, legislator, and jurist, he epitomizes that versatility that is characteristically American. Appointed by a president of an opposing party, he represents a reassuring tendency to place our supreme judicial tribunal upon a plane high above partisanship. CathoUc-bred and Jesuit-trained, his confirma- tion to his high station of public trust, without protest, is the herald of a new day of religious tolerance and unity. A son of the Confederacy, sitting at the head of our great national tribunal of justice, he is the embodiment of a new nation, re- united and regirded, ready to face with confidence the issues and problems of a new era. BIBLIOGRAPHY PERIODICALS Appointment of Justice White. Ptiblic Opinion 16 :521. Chief Justice White. By Hernando D. Money. Independent 70 :455. Chief Justice White. Harper* s Weekly 54 :4. New Chief Justice. Outlook 96 :894. New Chief Justice. Current Literature 50 :16. New Supreme Court. By Isaac F. Marcosson. Munsey 44 :738. Our New Chief Justice. Review of Reviews 43 :2. Supreme Court as It Now Is. World's Work 21 :139. Supreme Court Justices. By Elbert E. Baldwin. Outlook 97 :162. 4 Progress of the World. Beview of Reviews 43:3.