Complex sentence: After graduation from Lawrence College, Appleton, WI in 1876 he first undertook training for the Methodist ministry but decided instead upon the field of law, and was admitted to the bar in 1881.
Split into simpler sentences: After graduation from Lawrence College, Appleton, WI in 1876. He first undertook training for the Methodist ministry but decided instead upon the field of law, and was admitted to the bar in 1881.