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C. Dickerman Williams, RIP

C. D. Williams would have been 98 if he had lived another few weeks. We knew him almost fifty years. He had been a striking figure, tall, slim, handsome, with the lightly freckled face of a New England aristocrat, and a voice that gave off the lightest tremor of deference, for the benefit of those who heard him speak out his resolute mind, so abundantly stocked and orderly. His learned essays, in particular one on the Fifth Amendment, were carefully noted, and for a spell he lectured at the Yale Law School. But mostly, he was a practicing lawyer, and for 25 years, until he retired, NATIONAL REVIEW and its editor were among his clients. Under his supervision, we were wild with liberty.

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C. Dickerman Williams, RIP

C. D. Williams would have been 98 if he had lived another few weeks. We knew him almost fifty years. He had been a striking figure, tall, slim, handsome, with the lightly freckled face of a New England aristocrat, and a voice that gave off the lightest tremor of deference, for the benefit of those who heard him speak out his resolute mind, so abundantly stocked and orderly. His learned essays, in particular one on the Fifth Amendment, were carefully noted, and for a spell he lectured at the Yale Law School. But mostly, he was a practicing lawyer, and for 25 years, until he retired, NATIONAL REVIEW and its editor were among his clients. Under his supervision, we were wild with liberty.