All men do the best they can. But none meet life honestly a… - Clarence Darrow

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All men do the best they can. But none meet life honestly and few heroically.

Clarence Darrow

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Clarence Darrow (18 April 1857 – 13 March 1938) was an American lawyer, most famous for having defended teenaged thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14 year old Bobby Franks (1924), and for defending John T. Scopes in the so-called "Monkey" Trial (1925), opposing William Jennings Bryan.

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Native Name: Clarence Seward Darrow

Alternative Names: Clarence S. Darrow

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All men do the best they can. But none meet life honestly and few heroically. - Clarence Darrow

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