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BT E2ASrUs BRooES.-No. XI.
RUFUS CHOATE

Jury, aud IN the learning of the law he is 50 well
rad that th-rs are bat few men who can equal
him in an avcrmunt At a late session OF the
Supreme Cour IN Washington, he was compIi,
Incnted a, having made one Of the most brilliant
am powerful appeals that had ever been heard.
The case vas the long contested one so recently
decided aGyr oIany years conflict, Of the boun-
dary line between Massachusetts aud Rhode Is
lHi. Mr. Chomp Is ALWAYS skillill plCadcr. Il
happy orator, and mas luSt that pleasing division
between The intellect and the affection, which
produces a deep impression upon aIl hearers
IN the pulpit, Nr. Choatc would sway the multi.
tude TO aud fro as the forests are moved by The
hr.chc. His mind is fountain of beautiful
thoughts, and metaphors gush forth as from a
cascade Of toaming waters. Words flow apacc,
and they sparkle aud udorn wherever they flow.
The listener Is charmed as his cars catch the
tones, which though they come not from a voice
1T all sweet or well modulaied, nevertheless inn
part in what is uttered the most pleasing effect.
There must be some resemblance between the
oratory Of Mr. Choatc and that Of Patrick Hen
~. Henry had more fire aud more genius, and
probably, more heedlcsSness of Consequences
lle never counted the cost Of anything, and some.
um3s rushed mady en-
"Wh,rc angels feared to tread"
But Chuare resembles him in his brilliancy, in his
quick perceptions, aud in til, great power of i'm.
pairing pleasant and startling emotions. lie has
more lparning, and greater command Of all the
appliances Of learning. Indeed, Mr.. Choate is
book.worm--a walking Bodleian ibrary--a
man. whom the Librarians about Congress will
tell YOU reads more abooks, s,-and more good books
books Of law, literature, history and politics.
than all the members Of Congress from any half
dozen States in the Union. | have seen them
carried to and from his house in quantities that
no one man could carry, and these iournGyings
we're very frequent during session OF Congress.
III, character Of the books read always also
showed the purest taste. With more passion for
poatrv than lor prose, more love of literature and
urr, Than for science aud the heavier studies ne
C,.sary ru drill the mind into a state of well
balanced Judgment; with a taste more for the
beautiful Than the useful, Mr. Choaro, nevcrhe-
SIS IS Il ripe good scholar aud profound think
er. His Sinduslry Is uncXampled, even among the
perpetual pIodders Of New England; and no
man. probably, has sacrificed more Of the bless
ugS Of health for the aunmenlol the pleasures
of knowledge. The sacrifice, too, in his case
has been an evil which probably may never be
rcudcd, for among all the nervous men have
ever seen, he Is the most nervous OF all.
Such man, have thought must dwell. in his
minds eye, AT least, rather IN thareaIms OF fancy
than a,nri, the sober raallues of life. Wth hun
knowledge Is power the power not alone of i'm.
parllng wisdom to others, but perpetual well
spring in himself keeping alive the soul within
und forever sending forth It's hoang waters 10
sources beyond. lslt not strange that frame so
physrrlty rajl, so certain TO become rs the dust
and ashes upon which it moves, should bear with
II truths that shall never die We have some.
times, however, thought in the presence Of Mr.. !
Chnale, that what Solomon wrote had a literal
truth, when hr SAYS che thar incrcnselhin know.
ledge int rcascih IN SORROW or US Byron has
written
"---~--k knowlcdg" is sorrow,
They who know the most must morn the
Deepest
The rrec Of knowledge is not the tree Of life"
Costly are the goms purchased at the price Of
health. whether they come IN the gold and silver
won from busy toll OF from the harder workings
Of the brain.
Mr. Choac is II man all nerves. Even Nc
Du,Iie, the IucomoIion Of whose BODY illustrates
almost perpetual motion, is II more quiet man
bv far. Bat both Of them give painful cvidcn-
ccS nf health sacrificed to an ardent love OF study
on the Que hand and II temper not easily control .
led upon the other Trimming the midnight
,il' is no fiction with Mr.. Choare. From his
chamber. at all hours uf the night, there may be
seen The q canning Of thai small physical light
which IS shedding lis beams, aS it were, through
books and thought, upon The intellectual world
around.
Mr.. Choare has u marked countenance, and
though not Of commanding person, YOU would
bet hnn down in crowd Of greut men us one of (
the bright particular stuIs Of theassembIy. When
he speaks nj the bar or al the forum, or in the
Senate Chamber (hc IL now no longer Senator
having been succeeded by Mr.. Webster, whose
place he took when GencIa Harrison made MIR.
y e sler Secretary OF SAte, IA crowd will always
hU loaad IN attendance. 1t was not an easy mut.
IT 10 keep a quorum of members in the House Of
Representatives when he made his speech in the
Senate. No matler what the subject, whether OF
Commerce, or Trade, or Art W touching our
foreign or internal relations, he was always elo.
quout and always interesting. Mr.. McDutiJ and
he have often measured Iances in Congress, and
Mr. McDllhs, upon one occasion, during the last
Congress, so far forgot himself as To be personal.
Mr.. Benton aud Mr.. Choaie have also had some
hard battles, and particularly growing ont Of the
Orrgon question. Against Texas they fought
together, hand ia hand against Mr.. McDuhie, i
aud unm Mr.. Benton was forced into measure
which, II was TOO plain, never received his hearts
suppou.
Mr.. Choate is not without fault Of manner
There is whining lntonalion in his voice which,
apparently, he cannot control. as il appear. to
arise more from the earnestness Of his feeling,
than from any other cause. Hsmind is absorb.
ed in IN: occasion, and h. jumps u, once from The