The law hath so many contradictions and varyings from itself, that the law may not improperly be called … - Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet

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Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet

The law hath so many contradictions and varyings from itself, that the law may not improperly be called a law-breaker. It is become too changeable a thing to be defined: it is made little less a Mystery than the Gospel. The clergy and the lawyers, like the Freemasons, may be supposed to take an oath not to tell the secret.

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