首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Men have often been praised by being told that they were as smart as a Philadelphia lawyer. No one knows why there is something
Men have often been praised by being told that they were as smart as a Philadelphia lawyer. No one knows why there is something
admin
2013-01-20
45
问题
Men have often been praised by being told that they were as smart as a Philadelphia lawyer. No one knows why there is something special about Philadelphia lawyers, but the expression "smart as a Philadelphia lawyer" seems to have come from a famous trial early in the 18th century.
An Englishman, William S. Cosby arrived in New York as the royal governor of the province. He was a tyrant. He wanted to make money quickly and he ruled the province with no thought for the law or the rights of the people. Among those who opposed his rule was John Peter Zinger who came to America from Germany. Mr. Zinger started a newspaper which praised liberty and sharply criticized the governor. Governor Cosby arrested Mr. Zinger, charged him with slander and kept him in prison for 9 months. Mr. Zinger could not find a New York lawyer to defend him because of the governor’s power. But a leading lawyer from Philadelphia agreed to defend Mr. Zinger. He was Andrew Hamilton, white-haired and almost 80 years old.
The trial opened, the jury chosen and charges read. At that time, the law on slander said that jury could decide only if the person accused published in the newspaper named in the charges. The question of whether words published were true or not was to be decided by the judge. Mr. Zinger told the court he was innocent. Then the lawyer from Philadelphia rose, admitted that Mr. Zinger did publish the newspaper as charged. But Mr. Hamilton continued. The publishing of a newspaper does not make a person guilty of slander. He said that words themselves must be proved false or slanderous; Otherwise Mr. Zinger is innocent. The judge warned Mr. Hamilton that he, the judge, would decide if the words were slanderous or not. Mr. Hamilton quickly turned to the jury and asked them to decide. He said that it was their right to decide whether the alleged slander was in fact the truth. In his final statement to the jury, Mr. Hamilton said the question was much bigger than the charges against Mr. Zinger. He said the question was liberty and right of people to oppose dishonesty and tyranny by speaking and writing the truth. After a brief discussion the jury declared that Mr. Zinger was not guilty and cheers broke out in the courtroom. The decision established the principle of freedom of the press in the American Colonies. Mr. Hamilton was praised as a hero. Through the years the fame of Mr; Zinger trial and praise for Mr. Hamilton has spread throughout the country. Anti so it is believed that the expression "as smart as a Philadelphia lawyer" honors the man from Philadelphia who successfully de- fended the freedom of the press to print the truth.
Which of the following statements is true?
选项
A、In Mr. Hamilton’s opinion, only when the words are proved slanderous can the writer of the words proved guilty of slander.
B、Mr. Zinger was proved innocent because he criticized the tyrannical governor.
C、Mr. Zinger made up stories about the governor in the newspaper.
D、Nobody wanted to defend Mr. Zinger because he had come from Germany.
答案
A
解析
分别对照各个陈述的出处,很容易判断出A是正确的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/jv2O777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Malariaisaninfectiousparasiticdiseasethatcanbeeitheracuteorchronicandisfrequently______.
Developingapeaceful,understanding,andsupportiverelationshipbetweenparentsandchildrenisnotaneasytask.Failurescana
Peopleappeartobeborntocompute.Thenumericalskillsofchildrendevelopsoearlyandsoinexorablythatitiseasytoimag
Aslongasherparentscanremember,13-year-oldKatieHarthasbeentalkingaboutgoingtocollege.Hermother,Tally,afinanc
AmitaiEtzioniisnotsurprisedbythelatestheadingsaboutschemingcorporatecrooks(骗子).AsavisitingprofessorattheHarv
(51)Beingangryincreasestheriskofinjury,especiallyamongmen,newresearchsays.Theresearchersgathereddataonmor
Aproductistoberegardedasbeing______whenintroducedintotheanothercountryatlessthanitsnormalvalue.
ThepollutionquestionaswellasseveralotherissuesisgoingtobediscussedwhentheCongressisin______againnextspring.
Althoughhehaddonemanygreatthings,heneverfeltitnecessaryto_____hisachievements.
Divorcedfromhiswifejustthreemonthsago,hehasmadequitea______ofhimselfbygallivantingaboutwithhisnewgirlfriend,
随机试题
下列语言中最接近人类思维逻辑习惯,且容易读、写和理解的是______。
A.肺、胃、肾经B.肺、脾、肾经C.心、脾、肾经D.心、肝、脾经E.肺、肝、肾经当归的主要归经是
口服葡萄糖耐量试验时,口服的葡萄糖量是
按照《建设工程施工合同示范文本》的规定,发包人的主要工作有()。
在采用自营方式建造房屋建筑物时,下列项目中应计入固定资产取得成本的有()。
维吾尔族《格萨尔王传》是世界上最长的史诗之一。()
灵感可分为两种:一是在_______中爆发的灵感,二是在_______中爆发的灵感。
从污染的属性来看,环境污染可以分为三大类型:物理性污染、化学性污染、生物性污染。下列不属于物理性污染的是:
A.intoB.startingC.promisingA.theWhiteHouseis【T1】______topayattentionB.pouringfumes【T2】______theairC.isa【T3】__
A、Thewomanthinkshehasanoverduebook.B、Thebooksheneedshavebeencheckedoutbysomeoneelse.C、Thewomanisunableto
最新回复
(
0
)