Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-22

brings him into frequent contact with hi
brother attorneys and the strong as We
as the weak points OF each are of neceS
sity known to all. our contests are on
IN the open We give and take in legit
innate battle and each respects the otho
Tor the strength of his blow. the defines
OF ms parry. the keenness of his strategy
| NO man can be engaged i'll the ACTIVE
practice of the legal profession for
quarter of century without beins
weighed and measured according to tn,
| tIue standard. For much longer tim,
than that edmund Fuller Webb has beer
| an active practitioner at this bar: in fact
nearly his whole life has been spent with.
IN ihe limits of this county and here he
punt up reputation that extended
| throughout the State.
! Were | to note some Of the salient
| characteristics of our deceased brother
would describe him as clear headed prac-
49,, INDUSTRIOUS, faithful, honest. lie
| !hheTlted that strong common-sense
I Wilch IS the sheet anchor of life and
! served when genius faltefs and fails
! MS early life and environments tended
! 70 strengthen that inheritance. Born in
| me country, among sOber-minded people
10 Whom each day is a practical and nor
theoretical matter, far enough removed
| rom poverty to escape its bhghtinS mar
IoWiIcSS ana far enough removed from
wealth to avoid its equally blightng lux
| uf$. ne early learned the lesson of self
| heIp ana throughout his life he impressed
| thoSt win whom he came IN contact as
was thlS ciear-headed, practical common
sense mus good all-round Judgment that
attracted to him in So large measure a
chentaSe of business men and men of ar-
Ialfs; HIS mind worked with theirs lie
touiu see the object 10 be attained ana
coulu advise some practical method OF
FeachlnS IL. He could not merely think
ana talk but he could 40 and the man
VINO can do things is always at a pr
num- rs the treasurer of one Of the
corporations Tor which he was counsel
remarked soon after his death, he was
Sale counselor ana ma homcly way
him"
experimenting this practical common
SENSE was his capacity and readiness Tor
work. Never, apparently. q man OF rD-
accomplish - mo g, HUH many strong ii'p
or man. The work Of the world is NOT
zone bN me giants but by those who
Know best now to utilize the measure or
strength that is given hem. Brother
Nebh was always Il busy man. lie vast
81 neither his time nor himself tie knew
WIS limits q his endurance ana kcpt
Wlthln bounds, bur within those limits ne
was active industrious and pers st"nt.
re Kept himself from tnaJ prucra-jiua-
unn which is the biue M many a lawyer
me ana success. What Ur had u do hr
uld promptly ana as Is usual i'm such
cases, the man who has the most To ~
Is never hurried but has the most time
IA which To do ID.
l said thar hc was faithful: faithful il
~ clients. faithful ~ hts professions
faithful to every trust that was COM
mitted to his care Nor did his c0ncep-
non Of his duty to his own client blind
nm to the merits Of TIE other side No
man Was more upeu-v.s.pned or fair
minded than he. Prejudice played np
part. Show him where the rieh; lay ana
me- was quick To acknowledge id. Flr
that reason he was more faithful 10 his
clients best interests, which as often lie
III the direction of compromise as % lit