Description: THE 20th CENTURY FROM ANOTHER VIEWPOINT by David J. Brewer Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States New York, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1899. Small Hardcover measures 4 x 6 3/4". Bound in light green cloth this slender volume contains 59 pages. The author, U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Josiah Brewer has inscribed this copy on the front pastedown to his cousin, Mrs. Gertrude Bean. "As a Supreme Court justice, Brewer was known for his ardent support of individual rights against the tyranny of the majority. "Here there is no monarch threatening trespass upon an individual," he once said. "The danger is from the multitude—the majority with whom lies the power." Brewer had great compassion for the marginalized members of U.S. society. In 1908, he wrote the opinion for a unanimous Court in Muller v. Oregon, 208 U.S. 412, 28 S. Ct. 324, 52 L. Ed. 551, upholding a statute that established maximum work hours for women toiling in laundries. . . Brewer also wrote strong dissents in several cases limiting the rights of Chinese and Japanese immigrants." Brewer was an unusually outgoing justice who lectured frequently and wrote several books. He felt strongly that judges have a moral obligation to use their lofty position to lead rather than simply observe. "It is one thing," he once said, "to fail of reaching your ideal. It is an entirely different thing to deliberately turn your back on it.""YOU CANNOT DISASSOCIATE THE CHARACTER OF THE NATION AND THAT OF ITS CITIZENS." —DAVID BREWERCondition: Very good condition. Upper edge of text block darkened. Small blemish to bottom of front board, lightly tanned pages. Securely-bound with completely intact hinges. Aside from author's inscription, no writing, underling, etc . . . DOMESTIC SHIPPING INCLUDED ALL REASONABLE OFFERS CONSIDERED 100% Feedback U.S. Only / PayPal All Orders Carefully Wrapped And Promptly Shipped
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Binding: Hardcover
Modification Description: "Mrs. Gertrude Bean from her cousin The Author, Nov. 2, '99"
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Co.
Modified Item: Yes
Subject: Inspirational
Year Printed: 1899
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Inscribed
Region: North America
Author: David J. Brewer
Personalized: Yes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Essays & Speeches
