Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

llIluEu ulS hODh was GIlllLiGt
" practice showed some qualities of ,
jurist, and corrected subrrly hut firml,
unscientitic legislation and judicial blum
ders
So here was Il student of Gray's Inn
surpnsed TO be picking up In that iun ,
small smattering OF law, yet, to diversif,
his crude studies. instructing mature coun
sci and correcting the judges themselves
at whose chambers he attended daily, cul
in hand, us an attorneys clerk. There's
an intellectual holch potch for you. AL
this dId not in his Inn qualify him to be q
barrister, but years and dinners did. Aftel
some weary years he took the oath al
Westminster, and vacated by that act hit
place IN the Bishops Office, salary included
and was II pauper-lor an afternoon Bal
work that has been long and tedlousIy
prepared can be executed quickly, and ad
verse circumstances, when perseverance
cnnguers them, turn round and become
al les
The ex-cieIk and young barrisler had
plowed and sowed win such pain and la
Dor that he re.ped with culnptra i've easo.
Hall the managing clerks IN Lpndnn knew
HIM and believed in him. They had the
ear OF their employers. and Brought him
pleadngs to draw and motions to make
HIS book, too. hrought him clients; and he
was st'on IN full careei as IA Junior counsel
and special pleader. Senior counsel soon
found that they could rely upon his Zeal,
accuracy and learning. they began 10
quest that he might be retained With
hem i'll difficult Gas. S. aud be hecame first
| JUNIOR coilhst at the bar; and 50 much for
, perseverance.
! Time rolled is ceaseltss course, and a
silk gown was al his disposal. Now u
popular junior cannot ALWAYS afl rd 10
take silk, AZ they call it. Indeed If he is
learned but not elt gutnt. he may ruin b N
sell by the change But the remarkable
man whose career am epitomlz ny did
not hesIlat, he sui pushed onward. And
so on" morning tho lord chancellor sat Tor
an hour in The queen bench, and Mr..
Robert Lush Was appointed one OF her
majesty S counsel, leal ned in the law, and
then and there. by the chancelor's invita-
tion, stepped out firm among the jnniors
and look his seat within he bar. So much
foI perseverance.
From this point the outline of his career
Is known 10 everybody. He was appointed
IN 1868 one of the judges OF the queen 8
bench, and after sitting in thai court some
Years. WAS promoted To be lord justice of
appeal. A few days ago he died, lament.
ed and reveied by the legal profession,
which Is very critical and does rot bes,ow
its respects lightly.
| knew him only as queens counsel.
had him against me once, bu oltener for
me, because my brother thought him even
then the best lawyer and the most Jealous
at the bar, and always retained hun if we
could. During the period | knew him
personally Mr.. Lush had still plump un-
wrinklcd cheek and slngularly bril- hit
eye His voice was full mellow and pen
etraLing; 1t filled the court without appar-
ent effort, and accorded well with his
style OF eloquence. which was what Cicero
calls the tenlperaIam genus loqw ndi.
Reasoning carrleu To perirc ION Is une of
the arts. An argument by Lush enchained
The ear ana chni med the understanding.
he began at the beginning, and each sac
ceeding toplc was arlicuIated and disposed
"f and succeeded by its right successor, in
language so fit and order so lucid that he
iootrd and grew cOnvrtion in the mind
never head hun at nisl piius, but
should think he could do nothing ill, yet
would be greater at convincing Judges
than a, persuadlng iuries right or wrong;
for at tins paslime he would have had to
escape from the force of his own UNDER
standing, whereas have Known counsel,
blatant and admired, whom native and
hlppant lluency had secured against that
difficulty.
lie was afftble 10 clients, and | had
more than one conversation with b in, very
interesting to me; but 10 intrude these
would be egotistcal. and disturb the Just
proportions OF this short notice. | hope
some lawyer who knew him we'll as coun-
sci and judge will give us his distinctive
features, ii it is only TO correct those vague
and cOlorlcss notices of him that have APP
peared'
This is duo 10 the legal profession. But
after AL his early career interests q much
wider circle. We cannot all be judges,
bat we can all do great things by the per-
severance which from an office boy made
this man acIerk, Il counselanda II Judge. Do
not measure the difficulties he overcame
in his business with the difficulty of ris-
ing in any art, profession. or honorable
walk, and down with despondency' whine
and the groans of self decelvlng lzlness!
You who have youth and health. never
you quail at those twin itIlers Of Tie
daring heart, low birth and IRON fortune"
See what becomes of those two bugbears
when the stout champion sing le. heart and
the giant perseverance take them by the
throat
Why, the very year those chilling lines
were first given to the public by Bulwer
and Macroady, Robert Lush paid his wile's
dnwry away to Gray's Inn. in fees and
never whined, nor doubted, nor looked
r ight nor left, but went straight on-and
prevailed.
Genius aud talent may have their
bounds, hut TO the power of the single
hearted perseverance there is no known
limits.
Non omniS mortuus est-the departed
Judge still teaches from his tomb, his dlcta
will out live him in our English courts;
his gesta are for mankind. such an in
stance Of fslngle-heartednes perseverance
and propoltlonate success in spite of odds
Is not for one narrow islano but the globe.
An old man sends it to the young in botn
with this comment; if diff
culties lie in the way, never shirk Them
II impossibilities encounter you, up hearts
and at 'em.
One thing more 10 those who would
COPY Robert Lushin all essentials. Though
impregnated from infancy with an honor
able ambition, he remembered his Crea
lol in the days of his youth; nor did he
forget him, when the world poured Its
honors on him, and those nsidious temp
Iali' MS of prosperity which have hurt the
soul far oltener than low birth and iron
fortune He 0ourished in skeplical age,
yet he lived and died fearing God -CAas.
Reade, ln Hdrpers' Weekly,
A TRUE PIcTURE.-Now you will find
that liberal people are happy people, and
get more enjoy ment OF what they have
han folks OF churlish mind. Msers never
rest till they have been put to bed with a