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Show Accelerated Brain Activity. In the early days of Wisconsin, two of the most prominent lawyers of the state were George B. Smith and I. S. Sloan, the latter of whom had a habit of injecting into his remarks to the court the expression, "Your honor, I have an Idea." A certain case had been dragging along through a hot summer day when Sloan sprang to his feet, with his remark, "Your honor, I have an idea." Smith immediately bounded up, assumed as-sumed an Impressive attitude, and In great solemnity said: "May it please the court, I move that a writ of habeas corpus be Issued Is-sued by this court immediately to take the learned gentleman's idea out of solitary confinement." Popular Magazine. |