, 1874-05-02

labor hogan and / find It stated TINT alrohdy
ilshosd In lilo american Jur:isi and the hoaion
Lau Quarterly, woro "alwaya oharaoseriaod by
acmot!n,es by remarkably subtle aud ingenious
| iuvpstigatio1lB.n
Loavlng tho Law School, ho entered tho Office
| Of lawyor IN Boston, to acquire knowledge
| visited Washington tor the frst timo, Ito
dreaming what theatre Of action, struggle,
triumph, and suffering, tho National City was
to become for him for thon he came only M O
y desired to form tho acquaintance of the Jus
tlees and praottoing lawyers at tho bar Of tho
Kindness by Chiof Justice Marshall, and in lator
ycars l,o loved to toll is frtondH how he had sat
at tho feot Of that great magistrate, aud learned
| tlore what judge should 6o.
Having boon admitted to tho Bar In Worcester,
In 1884, 28 yeara old, ho openod nh olhco In Dos
ton; was soon appointed Ncpor.er Of tho
volumes containing Judge storys, Decisions,
| known Oh "Sumners Reports !" took Judge
| story's placo from timo to timo as leoturor III
tho Harvard Law School, l,--ulno, Prot. Gsoan-
years 1856 nud 1896, Andrew Dunlaps Troatlss
on Admiralty Practice. Beyond this, his studios,
nrduous, incossant and thorough, ranged far
| aud wide. Truly atualous md laborlou5 young
man. who TOOK tho bi1stnusn Of llfo earnestly III
useful to LIS limo and country.
| But what ho had learned mud could learn ct
homo did not aatisfy hts craving. In 1857 he
won't to Europe, armed with letter from Judge
Story'a hand to tho law magnatoH OF England, to
whom his patron introduced him na I" q young
lawycr, giving promise Of tho most ointment
distinction in his profession, with truly o1traor-
gentlculan o., tho highest purity and propr1ety
Of charactor." That was not moro compliment
ary Introduction It was tho conscioutlons toa-
tilnony of great Judge. who Woll knew his ro-
sponBiblly and who afterwards, when hia death
approached, adding to that testimony, waa fre-
quontly hoard to aay. ~ ahal dio content as
fur Us my professorship is concerned, If Charles
Summer iB to succeed mo-"
| In England, young Summer, only foollng him.
| self standing on tho threshold Of 1ifo, was re-
! ceivod liko man Of already achieved diatino-
| ton. Evory circle Of q society ordinarily 80
exclusive was open to him. Often, by invita-
| tion, lo Bat with tho Judges in Westminster
| HILL. Renowned statesmen introduced him on
| the loor Of tho Houses Of Parliament Eagerly
ho followed tho dobatos, and studied the princi-
| pies md practice Of Parliamentary law on its
matornal soil, where from tho first Beed-corn it
shadow great people can dwell in secure onjoy-
meut of thoir rights. Scientific associations
received him rs q welcome guest, and tho
4 learned and great willingly opened to his win
nipg presence their stores Of knowledge and
Btato6manahp.
In France lie listened to tho ointment men Of
| the Law School in Paris. at tho Sorbonno and
| tito College do Franco, and with many OF the
! statesmen Of that country he maintained in
struotive intercourse. In Italy ho gave himself
classical litaraturo. IN Germany no enjoyed
| tho conversation OF Humboldt, OF Rauke tho
historian, OF Ritter tho geographor, md Of the
| great jurists, sayiGny, Thibaut, aud Mitter-
| 1nnier.
Two yoars aftor his return, the Quarterly Re-
uieto said Of hB WRIT to Eugland, "Ho presonta
| iu luis own person q decisive proof that an
American gentleman, without oiliclal rank or
widespread reputation, by mere dintof courtcsy,
candor, IN ent{ro hbsolico Of pretension, All mp
prociating spirit, and cultured mind, may DO
| received on perfect footing OF equality III the
best circlca social, poltical, ind intellectual"
It must haXo been true. for it came came
from acrr afeS m9s s'e66 6evona 10 S eSe haS da
Rorta. And Charles Sumner was not the Senator
OF power and fnmo; he was only tho young son
OF q late Sheriff OF Suffolk County In MasBachu-
setts, who had neithor riches nor station, but
who posBosRed that most winning CHARM Of
youth,-purity Of soul, nodeaty Of conduct, oul-
ture OF mind an earnest thirst Of knowledge,
aud brow bearing tho stamp Of noble man
hood, and tho promise Of future aohioyem,cnts.
uo returned to his native shores In 1870, him
self like heavily-frcighted slip, bcaring a rich
cargo Of troaauroa collected In foreign lands.
He resumed tho practice Of Inv In Boston but,
NJ find it stated, "not with remarkable suo-
Il u l.
believe. The financial point of Wow was never
to him fruitful sourco OF inspiration. Again
he devoted himself to the more cougeniAl taBk
Of teaching st tho Cambridge Law School.
"Vesoys REPORTS" in twopty volun,es, with
elaborate notoB contributed by himself.
ANEW FIELD OF ACTION.
Gut now the timo had como when new field
OF action wRs to open itaeH to him. On tho 4th
II July, 1876, ho delivered before tho city au-
thoritiea Of Boston, ~ address on aTho True
O Htudont,-a deop and arduous one,-and q
writer aud tcachpr but nothing more. On
that dug hie public career commenced. And his
first public address disclosed at once tho peculiar
impulse and Inspirations OF hi8 heart, and the
Tendencies Of his mud. It was plea for uni
vorsal poaco,-a poetic rhapsody on the wrongs
and horrors OF war, aud the beauties OF concord: :
not, indeed, without Gold argument, but that
argument clothed in oil tho gorgaongness Of his
effueion, rising high aboTe tho level Of existing
conditions, and picturing au idcal future, the
universal reign Of juBtioo nnd charity,-not far
or to his own imagination, but far beyond
cio.y ho addressed tho urgent summons to 60
forth ut once iu pursuit of this ideal consumma-
ton; to transfolm all swords iuto plowshareB,
md I'LL war-shipe iuto peaceful morchantmon,
would rise to . greatness mover known beforo,
which 1t could accomplish X 1t only willed it.
| And this speech ho delivered while the citizon-
eoldiery Of Boston In festive array wero stand
ing beforo him, and while tho voyy air waB
stirred by tho premonitory mutseriugs OF IN ap-
proaching war.
Tho whole man revealed himself In that ut
to,anco; soul full Of tho native instinct Of
Justice; an oyerpoworiug sense OF right and
wrong, which mado him look at tho proboms
ct human aociaty from tho lofty plane
Of an idoal morality, which Axed for him.
high beyond tho existing condition Of things.
tho aims for which ho must strive, and
inspired and fired his ardent nature tor tho
struggle. His education had Bingularly favored
md developed that ideal topdenoy. Il was not
that Of tho seif-mnde man iu the common nc
ceptatlou Of tho word. Tho distractiug strug-
e eese1yday lie, lad REMAINED @ toreign to i hiso.
His education waB TINT Of the favored fow. IIo
found all tho avenues Of knowledge wido open
to him. All that hts country could give he had )
ton Of tho most eloVated personal associations.
It WIS tho education Of tho typical young En-