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In a democratic society like ours. relief must come through an aroused popular conscience that sears the conscience of the peoples representatives." Recognizing that the Courts effectiveness depends upon the peoples confidence in it. he said. "The Courts authoritypossessed neither of purse nor the swordultimately rests on sustained public confidence in its moral sanction. Such feeling must be nourished by the Courts complete detachA1011 ment. in fact and in appearance. from political entanglements." Chief Justice Earl Warren told Frankfurter at his retirement in 1962: "Few men In the life of the Supreme Court have made contributions to its jurisprudence equal to your own." Several years ago. Judge Learned Hand said of Frankfurter: "I regard him at the moment as the most important single figure in our whole judicial system." The immigrant who became the conscience of the Supreme Court has left his mark on American jurisprudence. Pegasus: Let There Be Peace