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{{a|devil|}}In which the [[JC]] plays amateur sociologist in the Christmas pantomime. | {{a|devil|}}{{quote|I have called him a myth; and, in so far as there are few, if any, of his mind and temperament to be found in the ranks of living men, the title is well chosen. But it is a myth which rests upon solid and even, it may be, upon permanent foundations. The Reasonable Man is fed and kept alive by the most valued and enduring of our juridical institutions-the common jury. Hateful as he must necessarily be to any ordinary citizen who privately considers him, it is a curious paradox that where two or three are gathered together in one place they will with one accord pretend an admiration for him; and, when they are gathered together in the formidable surroundings of a British jury, they are easily persuaded that they themselves are, each and generally, reasonable men. | ||
:—{{author|A.P. Herbert}}, {{casenote|Fardell|Potts}}}}In which the [[JC]] plays amateur sociologist in the Christmas pantomime. | |||
This I am making up from whole cloth: treat with due care. | This I am making up from whole cloth: treat with due care. |