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Chancellor Kent once said to the students in the Columbia law school that he
knew no duty, next to the worship and obedience which we owe to our Father
which art in Heaven, that was more imperative in its performance, than that which
the ...
Chancellor Kent once said to the students in the Columbia law school that he
knew no duty, next to the worship and obedience which we owe to our Father
which art in Heaven, that was more imperative in its performance, than that which
the ...
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In doing this they produced a work on the principles of government with which, in
the opinion of Chancellor Kent, no other work of its kind can be compared in
value, " not even if we resort to Aristotle, Cicero, Machiavel, Montesquieu, Milton,
...
In doing this they produced a work on the principles of government with which, in
the opinion of Chancellor Kent, no other work of its kind can be compared in
value, " not even if we resort to Aristotle, Cicero, Machiavel, Montesquieu, Milton,
...
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In the very beginning of his studies he acquires from the commentaries of Mr.
Justice Blackstone a knowledge of the origin and development of the British
government, and from the commentaries of Chancellor Kent a knowledge of the ...
In the very beginning of his studies he acquires from the commentaries of Mr.
Justice Blackstone a knowledge of the origin and development of the British
government, and from the commentaries of Chancellor Kent a knowledge of the ...
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Lord Brougham while Chancellor was asked by a father what books he would
especially recommend to his son who was beginning the study of the law. " Tell
him to read Dante," replied the Chancellor. " But my son is beginning law,"
rejoined ...
Lord Brougham while Chancellor was asked by a father what books he would
especially recommend to his son who was beginning the study of the law. " Tell
him to read Dante," replied the Chancellor. " But my son is beginning law,"
rejoined ...
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The great Chancellor d' Aguesseau, at the very summit of the jurisprudence of
France, in a letter to his sons, wrote thus : " I was born in the republic of elegant
letters ; there I grew to be a man ; there I passed the happiest years of my life ;
and ...
The great Chancellor d' Aguesseau, at the very summit of the jurisprudence of
France, in a letter to his sons, wrote thus : " I was born in the republic of elegant
letters ; there I grew to be a man ; there I passed the happiest years of my life ;
and ...
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Página 81 - ... and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb...
Página 13 - In no country, perhaps, in the world is the law so general a study. The profession itself is numerous and powerful, and in most provinces it takes the lead. The greater number of the deputies sent to the Congress were lawyers. But all who read, and most do read, endeavor to obtain some smattering in that science.
Página 27 - Homer ruled as his demesne; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific— and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise— Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
Página 77 - The rights of men in governments are their advantages ; and these are often in balances between differences of good ; in compromises sometimes between good and evil, and sometimes, between evil and evil. Political reason is a computing principle; adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, morally and not metaphysically or mathematically, true moral denominations.
Página 87 - Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul...
Página 24 - If the advocate refuses to defend, from what he may think of the charge or of the defence, he assumes the character of the Judge ; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment ; and in proportion to his rank and reputation, puts the heavy influence of, perhaps, a mistaken opinion into the scale against the accused, in whose favor the benevolent principle of English law makes all presumptions, and which commands the very judge to be his counsel.
Página 24 - Lordships, which was unnecessary, but there are many whom it may be needful to remind, that an advocate, by the sacred duty which he owes his client, knows in the discharge of that office but one person in the world — that client and none other. To save that client by all expedient means, to protect that client at all hazards and costs to all others, and among others to himself, is the highest and most unquestioned of his duties ; and he must not regard the alarm, the suffering, the torment, the...
Página 16 - I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the ENGLISH BAR ; without which, impartial justice, the most valuable part of the English constitution, can have no existence.
Página 29 - The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept. Were toiling upward in the night.
Página 77 - These metaphysic rights entering into common life, like rays of light which pierce into a dense medium, are, by the laws of nature, refracted from their straight line.