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case because of my background. My father had been an attorney as
had his father before him. As a third generation lawyer, I had
acquired a built-in regard for the law. I remain aware today of
the influence upon me, in this respect, of my two colorful
grandfathers.
Thomas Jefferson Garrison, my paternal grandfather, had
been general counsel of the Northwestern Railway, headquartered
in Chicago. One of the members of his legal staff -- a young
lawyer named Clarence Darrow -- had acquired my grandfather'
displeasure by his inclination to rebel against some of the more
rigid strictures of the law. I have been told that he was vastly
relieved (and I am sure that Darrow was, as well) when Darrow
resigned from the railroad's legal staff to represent Eugene
Debs. Darrow, as is well known, went on to become one of
America's greatest trial attorneys. Ironically, as much as I
admired my grandfather, I acquired a high regard for Darrow's
unparalleled ability as a trial attorney as well as his great
passion for justice. For this reason (and probably, as well,
because of his relationship with my grandfather) one of my sons
is named Darrow.
My maternal grandfather, William Oliver Robinson, was a
most patriotic, as well as a most colorful man. He came from an
unusually tall family, of predominantly Irish descent, being
seven feet, three inches in height (his two brothers were each
seven feet tall). He had no patience for fools nor for anyone
who did not believe that ours was the greatest country in the
world. Tall as he was (being full grown at the turn of the
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