I believe that the success of the jury system depends upon the willingness of men of integrity and intelligence to accept jury service.... Therefore, I will regard a summons to serve as a juror as a test of my patriotism, just as I would consider a call to armed service. . . . I will allow nothing but unavoidable necessity to induce me to seek to be excused from jury service, and I will try to serve the entire period for which I am summoned, without regard to my personal sacrifice or my financial loss. ["The Juror's Creed," honorable mention essay, Committee on American Citizenship]