Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-19

from them Cicerks magnificent eulogy
upon the studies Which Archns taught is not
I at all exaggerated when applied to theGrecian
and Roman writings which have come down
to us. II the modern sculptor study the
! Apollo Belvidere and the Dying Gladiator,
why shall not the mo lern student learn the
language Of the men Who chiseled these Won
derfiil creations out f1pm the solid marble
But most valuable as he mere discipline may
I be, it is not enough that you content your.
selves with the usual course now prescribed
! in school or the college. These writings
must be study more Or less, through life
/ Let not any say that he has mo time"
I There is always time and a way, for whatever
a strong willed, diligent man may choose 70
undertake. What is most wanted is judi
cious economy of time, aud wise division Of il
in the multiplicity Of employments, so that but
one thing shall be done At time
A majority Of you, yonng gentlomen, are
preparing yourselves for professional pursuits
/ Whoever would become Christian clergy.
man, let him preach the evangely Of Bethel
EN-. Let him coniine himself TO his legitimate
duties, and aspire to be the most faithful and
exemplary Of the men of his calling
Whoever would practice surgery and medi-
| cine, let his ambition be TO roach as nearly as
possible, or to excel, the requirements and
skill of the great men who, Ia ancient aud
msdern times, have been the ornaments of
that profession The Rocum Orqan,tR Of med
icine remains to be written, and he who is TO
write it has not as yet appeared Why should
he not be an American Why not adorn the
University Of Michigan ?
And you, young gentlemen, who prapare
for the profession Of the law, will have a no
bier theater to act in, than any who hayegone
before you in the United States. Outof the
terrible revolution which now convuses cvery
part OF our unhappy land, will arise questions
of constitutional and statute law, of personal
liberty, Of private right Of property, Of life,
grandeE more numerous, more infinite in var
iety, and more perplexing than heretofore in
any age or country lfj Just now "amid aims
laws are SILENT in your day, at least, should
free government happily in any form survive
among us, arms will again yield to the tOga
and laws reign supreme. with diligence, there.
fore fixed faith and uualterable purpose, pre-.
pare yourselves for the destiny which lies b..
fore you, to the end that in the next genera.
ton you may be among the number Of those
who, upon the Bench and at the Bar, shall re-
store and bear aloft to niger renown the al.
ready illustrious standard of British and Amer
ican forensic learing andieloquence. Coward
ice and servility before executive power, were
the disgrace Of the English Bar and Bench in
the days Of the Stuarts and these, threatening
now the honor and the Independence of the
American Judiciary, are among the most
alarming potents OF the times. But remem-
Der that while along with the great Hampden,
the name of the honest and fearless Crokr and
of his noble wife, still survive in honor, the
time.servng and unjust Judges who sat with
him. and yielded to political expediency and
military necessity" have perished from his
tory, or are remembered only to be execrated
The blessed memory of Lord Hale is still fra
grant; while the name of the bloody Jeffres,
who escaped death upon the felons & scaffold
only by dying miserably in felons cell, ID
the opprobrium of the English Bench Alger-
non Sydney died as u convicted traitor bu in
"a little while his execution was adjudged Judi
cial murder; and posterity, iorsix generations,
has held him in reverence ms a patriot, FINCH,
King James the Seconds Attorney General,
procured the conviction and death Of the pure
and virtuous Lord Russell, as a eonspirator
against the government; but eight years alter
wards, when he would have relieved himself
in Parliament from the odium of the act, the
indignant clamor Of the whole House forced
him, in shame and confusion, 20 resume his
seat; and Russell still lives in England and
America, as a martyr to liberty
Your courage, your forttude your man
hood, will also some day be severely tried
f But then remember Curran, whose fame
brightens just as the memory OF the venal
pacemen and barristers around INN rots, with
each revolving year, and who when menaced
: in court by file OF soldiers clattering their
muSkets as he addressed the jury in defense
OF one charged with treason, exclaimed in
Al A =
you cannot iHtiBlidate me- Read, too, the
speeches aud admire and intimate the heroic
Erskine, the greatest of English barristers,
who against the whole power of the Execu-
tive in time Of both foreign war and rebel
lion, maintained for years. the rights and lib
critics of Englishmen, with undaunted intrepid
. ty Prepare yourselves. by continual study
of the characters and noble emulation of the
example of these and other great and good
/ men Of the past, for like scenes in your now
day. Nerve your hearts now for the struggle.
/ But, remember that ability, however EN- minent,
5 and intellectual discipline, however exact, are
t not enough Without pure morals, correct
habits and liked integrity, you cannot endure
the trial. BE virtuous, Be piOus. use
the word IN no narrow, sectarian, or theologi-
t cal sense; but in that which Virgil means
= when he calls AGneas ''pils" "a piety which
) belongs to no one sect nor cline, nor time,
, nor country but which everywhere and at ali
s times, renders to God and self and man what
/ ever is due, and does it in the very spirit of
! the Sermon on the Mount
But, young gentlemen, while have thus ad-
dressed you as students preparing yourselves
4 for the ordinary business and professions OF
/: life, well known that at any time many Of
. you would be, and in times Of such tremend-
t GUS import as Just now are upon US in our