New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-04-11

American LAWYERS have legal leaving tho, vii. b@aI
q fsyota lie conpari,on with tlat of he lir in En-
al AND and tina, they have refdnss- ~ the thraic
o. busurfs and ycrsaiiliiy % combining o ei pif
suits with the professional. which has pope. iroi
cqualcd in any other country. 10 tbii ln"ra i'eit
me- however HOuc scrons drawbacks. ~ ~ rri
riy politicians sud ar.lninls Tor oice or - lea-i
..i loi.al influence. the confrqrcncc r.. they gre
nrcruvulra. IA ryai'ing fhemesl ~ NJ he meant
Oi q, cinl shtg their ambitious rurI-tos rnd To
ap, 10 descend 10 los intDgas and naEag'
In 9 different vein ere the reflections showing
tac uses of bodily suffering, from ihe essay
guti.icd Probation Of Life" We fuelou d
fsw paragraphs from this Interesting paper:
e suis, rlDg be- r,gred a. u ii-oip!i,e, anoiber
Cu-siiou painfully pnases np0n ~, whether tac
ampun, of apparent good obtained bears in Yro-
rouion 10 The pin endured TITS il involved a. per-
iaxiiv sr AZ the solution depends On mere human
ieqsgn The follow ing obaCfv.ious sill ,cId i0 pnt
ore us something 81 The officially ~ men.1ring
The proportions Of pain, and 10 s'u'r sonS-0 pf,
and perhaps suggest some ex liz alton o. that '.i'n-
cuitv. F,r.t. A. 70 the extent .. ps'n ~lh D ihe
human organism can endure. The suffering vhch
eye Lave % undergo H. acute cise ses, nttnr-
ais cSc.ios app a..irg approximations 81 what we tny
De- .ibieci 81 ~ The final struggle when lie s De
cxupgu-hed by tho forces Of drs,rl Ion. Ne,, Tie
cip.u. scene oi lie IL ofien in fact, peaceful tnd
rrporeuily tree from pain. To Iny mind, ii b ore
Fearful thought bow much can &c endured before the
vital rover is overcome. Under tho iuteDso toy
40 Of some iOfms Of suffering, | sometimes
feel u drinking back l. dread, almost dssl oil,
IT, tho reflection hos much be sustained be-
tvre rele' shall come by the parting a Tie foui nom
- po.e organism, and 'ho CESSATION Of AL gensi-
billy. Eut here nieIyenet provision which seems
itendcd a. uorciful inleri,os iou III aid OF Suffering
HUMANITY, thut paiu beyond certain degree ouds ~
urt onsciousress at le,tt what 20 appear. Whether
.Loie ru ir,iiains sensibilty 10 pam when the e..
iernni eSpresion cssses, cannot be known, o. there
rcnIals no recollection aierward OF what haE passed
wuile the 0enae oi external things has been SUE
peudei. disturbing apprehens on might i0deed
afise from what We do rccolloct OF sens,ion. III Il
conscious state; when the perception OF things
about W has Diminished, that external angnis1 has
been none the lees acute. But this, probably, is
brief in DURATION though III the actnil endnraure il
n.ny seem long pfotracted. Such is the Illusion OF
fighrfnl dreams. II Is supposed that what we
collect bas pass=d through the mind ~ the transition
from sleeping to waking, perhaps ~ single moment
though IN the RETROSPECT the tlLe seems long. On
he other hand ii has been said ihat the extent oi
pain in a mortal disease il not in proportion 10 the
IAN sometimes suffered without endaDgeiing o, af
Bacon has remarked, that death sometimes pasae-
with less pam than the torture Of limb, for which
he gives ~ a reaBon ",hat the most vital parts are
10, the quickest OF sense. But this, "a general rule
il not well founded. IL reasonable TO suppose that
pain is in proportion 10 the resistance vi the vital
bowers 10 the principle OF dissolution. Therefore
no acute diseases, which destroy life suddenly a,
competitive fe ers nammations Of the lungs viscera
or other vital parts there s great suffering Tnere
IL. however, a point where sensiJllity apparently
ceases. I'm Asialic cholera, the countenance ind
Gates distress when sometimes the patient will say
he fpcls no pain. Here the disease seems nnmedi
s,sty 10 eyereoyos ~ resistance whjls " common