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Enrique M. Fernando: Friend and teacher.(Opinion & Editorial)

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From: Manila Bulletin
Date: 20041023
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Byline: VICENTE V. MENDOZA

WHEN a great tree falls, Oliver Wendell Holmes said, we are surprised to see how meager the landscape seems without it. So are we with the passing of Chief Justice Enrique M. Fernando. For his life was no less than the passionate dedication of great gifts to great purposes.

Today, I would like to speak of Chief Justice Fernando as teacher and friend. Chief Justice Fernando was first and foremost a teacher not only in the sense of being an academic presiding over a class, which he was when I first met him, but also in the sense of someone who is ...

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