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In 1752, then, at his age fifty-six, Henry Home of Kames, Advocate, was elevated to the bench of the Court of Session, the highest civil court in Scotland, as Lord Kames. Immediately after his appointment, his friend Lord Deskford, Earl of Finlater, congratulated him thus, in a letter dated 11 February, 1752.
… judges who adhere to rational principles, and who, with superior understanding, can reconcile law with common sense [will] be revered by the whole society…. Nothing tends more to sweeten the temper [of the public] than a conviction of impartiality in judges; by which we hold ourselves secure against every insult or wrong.
(Kames)
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Lehmann, W.C. (1971). Lord Kames as Lord of Session and Lord of Justiciary. In: Henry Home, Lord Kames, and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Study in National Character and in the History of Ideas. Archives Internationales d’Histoire des Idées / International Archives of the History of Ideas, vol 41. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7582-9_3
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