Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-22
with dignity and graciously accepted
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with dignity ana SfacloUsly accepted
the disappointment.
The faculties constituting genius
may not be easily segregated or de-
fined They usually battle analysis.
In the work of lawyer the ability
to take pains is clearly not among
the least of them. 1t reduces the ad-
ministration of justice which has
been defined as the law applied-as
nearly as may be to an exact science.
In such particular General Hughes
was, in truth, master workman.
His conduct of cause forecfully
emphasized the advantages of care.
full preparation, and demonstrated
fully that success at the bar is most
largely dependent upon efforts put
forth in the office and library.
The thought is not new, but it is
worthy of endless repitition-as it is
the key to success.
However, General Hughes was in
no sense a dreamer, nor a mere
scholastic, nor recluse of the study.
| but in a broad sense, he was the prac-
tical man of affairs, armed and equip
ped with the best weapons for at.
tack and defense. Indeed, he was a
self-made man in the best sense of
the idea so expressed, and close
observer of men and events. In a
high degree he was a man of &C
tivities and he knew the world, and
the ways of the world.
His place of choice was in the fore
front of the contest-at the point of
need-at the point of danger. The
record of his services as a soldier
clearly shows such to be the fact and
discloses the intensity of his nature.
Even in this age of superlative prog
ress and intensity of effort, he was a
leader to be followed-he impelled
by his earnestness. He had learned
the lesson taught in the school of ex-
perience, and well, and so expected
difficulties to be encountered, but to
be met with resolution and courage
and overcome as mere incidents of
effort. Indeed it was one of General
Hughes favorite thoughts that 'sthe
battle of life is fought uphill and
am impressed with the belief that
he never lost sight of such thought.
His place was in the field of ac-
tivities, as he was a man of action,
versatile, earnest, forecful action,
the indubitable demonstration of the
dynamic power of sincerity and ear
nestness.t If it, be true as stated by
Emerson, believe. that "every man
is a quotation from all his ancestors, y
then surely General Hughes must
have appropriated whole volumes
from his progenitors.
AS a lawyer he was diligent and
persistent in the pursuit of prece-
dents. but in no sense dependent
thereon. His mind was constructive
and his thought broad and he rea.
soned closely and clearly and logical
ly. In the presentation of ques' ions
| to the court, he was forceful and en-
phatic, and in consequence, easily
understood. AMI before the Jury he
was frank, fair and persuasive and
marshalled the facts of the record l.,
their best light. Indeed he was a
| good lawyer and in this regard as
suggested by an eminent English
jurist, nothing more can be said-ir
embraces the entire subject Surely
| the standing at the bar emitting to
such rank may not be attained by
accident, but must be earned by ap.
plication, industry and courage, in
tegrity and persistence, nothing less.
| The title, therefore, expresses the
summation of all manly qualities
| the complement of professional char
acter.
I 1t has been my fortune to be spared
to many years of active service at
the bar-more years, in truth, many
more-than the majority may rea.
sonably expect.
| The occasion seems fit one to ex-
press the belief that there are few
pursuits, if even another, in life, chat
more often brings to notice, ''the
significance of the individual, the
grandeur of duty, the power of char
acter." A lawyer is always in po-
sition of confidence and trust, he
must have the confidence and secrets
Of his clients, and strictly guard
them. He is a sworn assistant of the
court, and may not practice deceit,
and he is, in emergencies, the one to
whom the community at large turns
for guidance, and must guide Alright.
OF the members Of the profession
whom have known-thcse whom in
youth | was accustomed to regard
/ with respect akin to veneration, have
passed on; others, the associates of
early manhood, in large part have
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