The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-10-26
LAW AND LAWYERS.
A PROFESSION lN WHICH MANY APE
CALLED, cuT F-W k3E cHccSN.

trrt the Lawyers Frospects-Ho Seed
NAt sec, ..ariis y, u Ks.c,i.
llr Richard DeveevN Doyle prun-
iueut memucr Of tha Norfolk bar,
contributes to The Southern Maga-
zine an article entitled my Impress
sions of Law and Lawyers, which will
prove very interesting to laymon az
well as TO members Of the legal pro-
iossion Nh Doyle discusses his theme
instructiyaly, cnter,Giningly mid with
judicial inp0Ttiaiity and cm0ur He
rCfcls TO tbo "CJafo Ions ~ % Junior
Bmristcr, 10y lh, brilliant Richard
Lalur Shicl as cuybodyilg Che carly ca
pcrionoos OF many hupLiol AID talented
young lawyers.
"How many" says Mr. Doyle. "have
passed through d similar course of study
and preparation, perhaps graduating
in the hUmaiitios as vel us the law.
bearing away the prize for eluyu,ic5
and oratory &C sonie o! our great irst'
tutions Of !earuiugl How many bsNo
Thought that such talents as thCirs were
sure to command carly If not iTmcdi-
ate success, and, alnsl how many haNo
been diaappOiutoGp differing, it may
be added, IN this respect from sLiyl.
WHO passed safely through tie Celr, 50
ing period Of waiting and probation
which t1ics tine soul Of the ord.aan
legal neophyje, and who won tho dis
tinotiom OF which he had dreamed y.
the outset cf his career
Many Of tlis grand army Of tnu dis
appointed fail, Mn Doyle thinks, not
because they are lacking in genuine
talent which is Frequently Of a high
order, " but "JlCSuse there are so mauy
othtr eleE.,Its that should hut do not
, enter into t..v calculation" Of the youth.
ful Gspirant Youth, for one thing, ''is
too saneuiro Ll.d expects too much.
/ Some fail l'cguse Of their bad pcrsonal
habits; some " infrm health and too
ha.d study und confinement aTo stricken
down, like poor RiTk White, when life
H. in is spring;' some are not polite
enouch 10 wcl the world, but hold
proudly Lloof. t-rsJinp To tier talents
ard LHowl,dge, while tho busy world
goes bustlirg by without stopping TO
lool. at them crodentials." Some stray
into the pleasant and iiowery paths Of
literature and some into the seductive
field Of pclitics.
"A literary reputation. " Mr.. Doyle
declares, ''is perhaps more darcC.oJs
than a political one, esp. ciaIy ii one is
given, libe Mir. Ncge, to dropping into
poetry. The age Is too practical for q
successful combination OF law ard liter
atrre. 4 lawyer may ana should be
7 cultivated, but he must not 30 known
rs littcrGtcUr or poet. Nor viii ii
90 for the young lawyer 10 seek to MAKE
himself kruwnb by going into politics
TO do 50 lis risky venture f.r n.a
who intends to r.aLc 'aw tine pr, iesion
; OF q iifrtim". auo ev,r reputation fox
political craiOIy B OF lttio If any lone.
ht TO "a lawyer. The Taolio soon CON.
to rc"GId MIN Us a Poi; ,ian ard may
be- wiling to vot, w 3 linn or Tor lin,
bu. not 20 give mm osiI-ts."
Turniuy from lo causcs cf failure tC
the Cupl les imp rtrat to What SIS orGl-
p niriiy -Utl su-ce s, Llr. D,yia sH.i-
marizcs tlCm as .oli,Ss: Love OF the
piufessiCl and wi, NJ desire 20 fvi
8 business md attention 70 it VEcu al
, hand; iI,ustry q. 1 the auIcar,..l C.!
industry I'd 5000 na.iyo seIse, Vlti an
a"-rosai'- and Int % terpu9L-ert.
FiUCncy e. speech, C..luCICc ot e.! tiCr
and genuine oratcriCol taiCit aIa u.e
! tul, tut not essei.tiuI. This po-lisa,
> and aggressive spii4t, which is a. "A {,
what Lord Bacon calls "lllGuoss ~ Mr.
d Doyle GO idcrs & particularly iupor
g taut clement Of IS. 'Alln 'LiTe
j Law yCrs, as the esViC ION 81 amorg th'
; people, TO attend 10 thO!I business ant
o to fight thoir batlos, UaL, Or wrong
. ard tho lawyer who goes into cas-,
thoroughly imbucd with the client
@ feelings, believing or making hcliey,
that he is certainly right and the o;hei
party an unmitigatod rascal, is sure e
please.
i IS to the ethical side Of the law, Mr.
J. Doyle admits that mach may be sai'
o pro and con. One Cf tie donor, li2in'
O features Of the Profession il that '',
% lawyer cannot choose Lis cases. ~
J. is sometimes ON the wrong side, tl
l. side of falsehOod and injustice, an,
/ when on the wruLs side there is al
o mos' irresistible temptation to exTres
e belief in the justice Cf his cause, ant
y lawyers too uitcl yield TO II, thus giv
20 ing some ground for the popular accu
ie sation that lawyers Eo for their clients.
% After all, whether "the law is nobl
d and elovatiLR profession" depend
'e upon the nlun " There is nothing in liz
'r nature of his profession which compels
1t lawyer TO be rascal. 1t has its temp
" tations, but so has every other business
)t Many hard things have been said o
lawyers, but the account is nearly bal
anoed 10y tie complimentary things tina
they have said Of themselves and O
their profession. Sir Edward Cox
speaks Of "the glldsome light Of juris
le prudcnce, " and lack of self approOia
v ton is not in general one of the defect
rs of tho disciples of the law. They have
x however, the consolation Of knowin
y that in spite of all the abuse to whic
$ they have been subjected by satirica
m writer's and poCts they are not only ust