Chapter XLIV

           Meanwhilethegreatargumenthadbeenbeguninthejury-room,andallthepointsthathadbeenmeditativelyspeculateduponinthejury-boxwerenowbeingopenlydiscussed.

           Itisamazinglyinterestingtoseehowajurywillwaverandspeculateinacaselikethishowcuriousanduncertainistheprocessbywhichitmakesupitsso-calledmind.So-calledtruthisanebulousthingatbest;factsarecapableofsuchcuriousinversionandinterpretation,honestandotherwise.Thejuryhadastronglycomplicatedproblembeforeit,anditwentoveritandoverit.

           Juriesreachnotsomuchdefiniteconclusionsasverdicts,inacuriousfashionandforcuriousreasons.Veryoftenajurywillhaveconcludedlittlesofarasitsindividualmembersareconcernedandyetitwillhavereachedaverdict.Thematteroftime,asalllawyersknow,playsapartinthis.Juries,speakingofthememberscollectivelyandfrequentlyindividually,objecttotheamountoftimeittakestodecideacase.Theydonotenjoysittinganddeliberatingoveraproblemunlessitistremendouslyfascinating.Theramificationsorthemysteryofasyllogismcanbecomeawearinessandabore.Thejury-roomitselfmayandfrequentlydoesbecomeadullagony.

           Ontheotherhand,nojurycontemplatesadisagreementwithanydegreeofsatisfaction.Thereissomethingsoinherentlyconstructiveinthehumanmindthattoleaveaproblemunsolvedisplainmisery.Ithauntstheaverageindividuallikeanyotherimportanttaskleftunfinished.

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