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Show S8 his philosophy of conultutionallaw, in thot realm which must be describ.d as the first stage. it w. ecarlier, even, than the concept which came later which recognized the Constitution • G great growing er.ganism. It WQS very mueh earUer., Gr\,d never reached the plcaee where Senator BerGh could ever recognize the Consti tution os being the compani.on of the American people in the _eompJiJhmenf of their poUticol Qnd soc ial purposes. In lnt'erftotlona' lew my approach was .Iways opproach based upon 'nt,emotional relations Senator Borah's approach was olwGY' approcch based wpon intern.ioncl law. Therefore, there w. always Oft understanding between the two of us when there was Q conflict In <ldm and in ieteals and in interpretation. It may seem out .f pi ace here to qy these few things; aspecl.fly o.n the part of Q young man, in honor and reverenee for an elder man, but I trust thot if some time onyone ever wish. to Interpret me in rny life, that thot interpretation will be made by one ·of my atudents who _tu.. ly Jeerned to knew me better, I think, then· i knew myseJ f. The best !'JAd the greatest of Gil students are those who diS<Jlfee with their teachen. The poorest of 011 students are those who habitually fall into Ilne with the ideas of their teachers. The outstand ing example of the greatest student probably that the world has ever produced, Aristotle, begins his ..,..t book by sayin, in his opening state t I do not agree with ment: teoeher. I Those are mr words and not Aristotle's my .. 1 subcommittee of the Committee of Edueational WeHare, 3rd $8$$ion, p. 20578. on t· e death of <!I pol itieal rival he made CI statement worth the same consi derotion: "ene cannot mention Senator Smoot with out referring to what is one of the finest eleRu,nts of our American life--the smull town influence and the influence of 0 great teacher. Senator Smoot and his two c:oHecgues from UtGh, with whom he served longest in the Senate, Senator Sutherland and Senator King, all three came out of the same little town, a town in Utah whose culture is dominated by a great edueational institution. All three received their Inspiration from. the some greGt teacher I a German immigrant who inspired them with Hrin. before a '940, United States Senate, 76th On another occasion, ClQain Consrii' ... |
