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The Judge often looked up at a large painting on his study wall-"Even This Shall Pass Away."
The words were issuing from the lips of an Oriental king who, seated on a magnificent throne, was receiving the homage of his courtiers. A half-sad, half-indulgent smile played about his face, and on his uplifted hand there could be seen the words deeply cut on a finger ring, "Even This Shall Pass Away."