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John Marshall Harlan II

Us supreme court justice from 1955 to 1971.

Born May 20th, 1899 in Chicago.

Died December 29th, 1971 at 72 years old in Washington, D.C. (spinal cord neoplasm).

Occupations
judge, lawyer

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon