...Johnson, " you do not know it to be good or bad until the Judge determines it. I have said that you have to state facts fairly, so that your thinking, or what...him, why then, Sir, you are wrong, and he is right." A query by Boswell whether the warmth with which the advocate argues his client's case does not impair...

...supposing your argument to be weak or inconclusive. But, sir, that is not. enough. An argument that does not convince yourself may convince the judge...you are not to be confident in your own opinion that your cause is bad but to say all you can for your client and then hear the judge's opinion. Boswell...

...misgivings, a plain, sensible man's conception of the lawyer's duty : "I asked him," says Boswell, "whether, as a moralist, he did not think that the...opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the judge's opinion.' Boswell. 'But, Sir, does not affecting a warmth when...

...does not convince yourself may convince the judge, to whom you urge it: and if it docs convince him, sir, you are wrong and he is right. It is his business...opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the judge's opinion." Stryker, supra note 48, at 275. 5: Brandeis put it...

...argument which does not convince yourself may convince the judge, to whom you urge it; and if it does not convince him, why then, sir, you are wrong and he...opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then to hear the judge's opinion." Now, up to this time, which is generally the end...

..."But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad?" and Johnson typically replies: Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the...your own opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all that you can for your client, and then hear the Judge's opinion. l86 Both types of utterance indulge,...

...to Dr. Johnson's homily: Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. ... An argument which does not convince yourself may convince...opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the judge's opinion. (Association of American Law Schools, 1962:186) When...

...enough. An argument which does not convince you yourself may convince the judge before whom you plead it; and if it does convince him, why, then, Sir, you...to judge, and you are not to be confident in your opinion, but to say all you can for your client and then hear the judge's opinion.' 'But, Sir,' said...

...morality of the issue as an effect of its rhetoric or textuality: Sir, you do not know it [the cause] to be good or bad till the Judge determines it. I...him, why, then, Sir, you are wrong, and he is right. (Life, n, 47) In offering his advice, Johnson's rhetorical purposes are several. One purpose is to...

...is breached. 19 'Sir, you do not know [a cause] to be good or bad until the Judge determines it ... An argument which does not convince yourself, may...him, why then, Sir, you are wrong and he is right' (Boswell, The Life of Johnson, 1987, 47f). DL Rhode, 'The ethical perspectives on legal practice',...