ments. whom nothing is true or wise or just, look down with mercy upon Thy servants whom Thou sufferest to sit in earthly seats of judgment to administer Thy justice to Thy people. Enlighten their ignorance and inspire them with Thy judgGrant them grace truly and impartially to administer Thy justice and to maintain Thy truth to the glory of Thy name. And of Thy infinite mercy so direct and dispose my heart that I may this day fulfill all my duty in Thy fear, and fall into no error of judgment. Give me grace to hear patiently, to consider diligently, to understand rightly and to decide justly. Grant me due sense of humility, that I be not misled by my willfulness, vanity or egotism. Of myself I humbly acknowledge my own unfitness and unworthiness in Thy sight, and without Thy gracious guidance I can do nothing right. Have mercy upon me a poor, weak, frail sinner, groping in the dark; and give me grace so to judge others now, that I may not myself be judged when Thou comest to judge the world with Thy truth. Grant my prayer, I beseech Thee, for the love of Thy son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen." 1 1 Ibid., p. 313. THE END INDEX Accident cases, 57 Adams, President John, 16, 44; plan of legal study, 132, 133 Adams, President John Quincy, 4.4 Advertising, 59 Advocates, personal sacrifices, 143 American Bar Association, 49, 54, 61, 144. American Bar has grown bet- Andrew, Gov. John A., quoted, 23 Antiquated procedure, 91. Attorneys. See Lawyers. Deg- Baldwin, Roger S., 46 Ballantine, Sergeant, 48 Bar, attractions of, 5; discipline of, 9; American, 14; traditions of, 16; English, 42, 76; overcrowded, 43, 44, 54; a monopoly, 60; esprit de corps, 60 Barristers, number of, 43; income of, 46; no partnerships of, 50 Bayard, James A., 106 Benjamin, Judah P., 47 Bleckley, Chief Justice, 77, 92, 99 Boards, practice before, 66 Bramwell, Baron, quoted, 78 Business, variety of legal, 62 Campbell, Lord, 76 Case-lawyers, 103 Cecil, Lord William, quoted, 125 Character, good, 106, 152 Chitty on Pleading, 16 Choate, Joseph H., 46 Cicero, quoted, 5, 10, 24, n. 1, Clients, duties to, 80, 89, 108 Coke, Sir Edward, on Littleton, Coleridge, Lord Chief Justice, Coleridge, Samuel T., quoted, Common Law, 23-95, 134, 145 Construction of documents, 33 Curran, John P., 51, 52, 114 tures, 126; statutes, 116; in Edwards, Pierpont, 44 Eloquence, 144 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, quoted, 113 Employers' Liability Acts, 56, Equivocation, 138 Estates, practice in settling, 66 Evarts, Wm. M., 46, 143 Evolution, law a process of, 135 Faust, 148 Fees, amount, 44-49, 55, 56; Forbes, Sir Wm., 82 Forms, necessity of, 91 Fraternity of the Bar, 60 Gladstone, Wm. E., 27 Goethe, 148 Golden rule, 148 Great Britain, unity of legal Habits, a lawyer's, 87 182; political, 23; sometimes works injustice, 95 Labori, Maître, 110 Land titles, searching, 57, 58; Torrens system, 58 Law, both a science and an art, 120, 121; a science of relations, 131; an applied science, 145; definitions of, 5, 6, 37, 87; how made, 7; comparative, 16, 131, 132; justice in, 27; relation to civilization, 33; changes in, 98, 134, 149; official statements of, 118; scientific arrangement of, 118; a silent historian, 122; Law Schools, 118, 120; class-room exercises, 126-130; what they offer, 140 Law-suits, theory of, 82; of doubtful issue, 86 Lawyers, function in court, 7; admission to the bar, 7; have a franchise, 8; duties and aims, 142; right to have services of, 8; each is an officer of court, 8; advising not to sue, 10; office of, 21; duty of research, 28; study of literature, 28, 140; hold a public trust, 32, and office, 35; influence of, 37; on government, 38; liability for negligence, 49; generally inclined to conservatism, 149; groups of, 62, 63; variety of functions, 64; popular view of, 71, 73; trickiness, 72, 73; conditions of success, 106 et seq.; young lawyers have great opportunities for improvement, 140 League of Nations, 68 Lecky, Wm. H. H., 29 |