Learned in the Law (1882): Or Examples and Encouragements from the Lives of Eminent LawyersThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2002 - 404 páginas A set of biographical sketches of eminent jurists from the 17th through 19th centuries, including Lord Bacon, John Selden, the Earl of Mansfield, Sir William Jones, and Lord Brougham. Intended to encourage emulation, Adams offers a series of "Great Man" portraits in the manner of Carlyle that emphasizes the outstanding moral character, determination, and diligence of his subjects and their crucial contributions to Britain. Like many Victorians, Adams feared that the professional specialization created by the growth of science and industry would eliminate the type of well-rounded personality dear to the English. This concern is evident in his choice of representative figures. He demonstrates in each case that these were men of parts with a breadth of interests that contributed to their greatness as jurists. |
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... knowledge of the calling to which he has specially devoted himself . It may be true that a versatile man is generally a smatterer ; it is not less true that a specialist is usually narrow - minded . He so confines his vision to a ...
... knowledge of thq higher principles of the law helped him largely in his public career . Primarily this work is intended for the young , and every page , it is believed , bristles with examples and encouragements or warnings , which , if ...
... knowledge . No good work will be done by young men who accustom themselves to lean upon others , who are always finding new leaders , and professing them- selves disciples of new Gamaliels . They must learn to think their own thoughts ...
... knowledge of all the most abstruse mysteries of the Doctrina Placitandi , and he was supposed more rapidly to have qualified himself to practise them than any man before or since . " - CAMPBELL , " Lord Chief Justices , " iii . 270 . C ...
... in the university . His natural powers , however , were so great that he contrived in hist occasional intervals of study to gain a considerable know- ledge of the classics ; a knowledge much more highly 8 INTRODUCTION .
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EARL SOMERS 16501716 | 104 |
EARL OF MANSFIELD 17041793 | 139 |
EDMUND BURKE 17271797 | 216 |
SIR WILLIAM JONES 17461794 | 291 |
SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY 17571818 | 311 |
LORD BROUGHAM 17791868 | 339 |