...lawyers, as were twenty-four of the fifty-four signers of the Declaration of Independence, and thirty of the fifty-five members of the convention which framed the Constitution of the United States. A Urge majority of the members of both houses of Congress, and of both houses of the legislatures...

...resting upon them, instructed in the theory and expert in the practice of politics. Twenty-nine out of the fifty-five members of the convention which framed the Constitution of the United States, were college graduates, and most of the remainder had made places for themselves by character...

...peculiar opportunities to observe the effect of Constitutions and of their several provisions. Thirty of the fifty-five members of the Convention which framed the Constitution of the United States were lawyers. The Federalist is an enduring monument of their zeal and efficiency in promoting...

...lawyers, as were twentyfour of the fifty-four signers of the Declaration of Independence, and thirty of the fifty-five members of the convention which framed the Constitution of the United States. A large majority of the members of both houses of Congress, and of both houses of the legislatures...

...seventy-eight of the nine hundred and seventy-eight whose occupation he had been able to learn, were lawyers. Of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence twenty-five were lawyers, as well as thirty of the fifty-five members of tfie committee which framed the Federal Constitution....

...government, we find that the influence of the profession has from the tirst been an important factor. Of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, twenty-five were lawyers. The convention which framed the Federal Constitution contained fifty-five members, and of these thirty...

...Established Church, first gave voice to the country's awakening sentiment of resistance to oppression. Of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, twenty-five were lawyers ; while of the fifty-five members of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, thirty were members of...

...Constitution, had been well recognized by the people in making a choice of their representatives; for of the fiftysix Signers of the Declaration of Independence, twenty-five were lawyers; and of the fifty-five members of the Federal Constitutional Convention, thirty-one were lawyers, of...

...lawyers, as were twentyfour of the fifty-four signers of the Declaration of Independence, and thirty of the fifty-five members of the convention which framed the Constitution of the United States. A large majority of the members of both houses of Congress, and of both houses of the Legislatures...

...Constitution, had been well recognized by the people in making a choice of their representatives ; for of the fifty-six Signers of the Declaration of Independence, twenty-five were lawyers ; and of the fifty-five members of the Federal Constitutional Convention, thirty-one were lawyers,...