Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-11

dered life and no real progress when
the legal rights Of the humblest as
we'll as the greatest citizens Of the
state are not respected and enforced
and this cannot be unless there be
employment of good, sound common
sense in the administration of jus.
tice, which shall be based upon logical
reasoning reflecting back to basic
principles of law. This cannot be &C.
complished by the efforts of an un.
trained mind Common sense does not
spring from unscientific minds; it is
the product of investigation, sound
reasoning and logical conclusions
which are to be reached only through
research and thought, both Of which
are strangers to the unframed and
unscientific mind.
A man who knows nothing of emo
Monies and nothing of political science
as we'll as nothing more of history
than the smattering acquired by linn
tied miscellaneous reading, or while
in the modern high school, cannot.
unless he be an exceptionally bright
person, know much more than the
mere technical rules Of the law, al
/ though he be graduated from law
school or admitted to practice after
the requisite period of study in an
established law office. Specifically
equipped in this manner he will not
understand the philosophy of the law
nor comprehend its origin and devel.
opment.
Ex-President Woodrow Wilson of
D,;~ i&v hoc ooi1
that, when students drilled in his
tory. in economics, in philosophy, and
the natural history Of society are ad-
mitted to the practice Of law. the
country will begin to be filled with
real lawyers, and the profession will
again. deserve the name of learned
1.-The bar has ceased to be an
agency for the collection of petty
debts. or a field for the display Of
small tactics. 1t is engaged more
and more every day in the solution of
difficult and important questions aris-
ing out of new and ever changing eco
monte and commercial conditions. and
the young man who aspires to become
a lawyer in the United States today
may as we'll understand first as last
that he is wasting his time if he has
not laid the solid foundation Of an
adequate preliminary education. 1t
must be preparation which has not
only stored the mind with knowledge
faculty of seeing facts as they are,
without distortion or prejudice, and
of reasoning from them in accordance
with the dictates of sound Judgment
These are the qualities which distin-
guSh the educated man from the un.
educated. for the fruit of liberal edu-
cation. as has been justly observed,
is not learning alone. but the capa-
city and desire to learn
The acquisition of settled principles
Of law. as we'll as perfect knowl-
edge of the works of text writer's up
on them is not at all sufficient. Legal
training and learning entitle one to
enjoy the privileges and perform the
duties of lawyer, for has it not been
justly said. THAT in the economy of
human life and association. we have,
as the fairest gifts of God. love, re-
ligion and reason. I need not say that
the last is the greatest. for it includes
the other two. Where reason. pure and
perfect. prevails. all other good
dwells: and the place whence it is
hanished is, whether in this world or
the next. hell.
The Law.
That there is need for radical
changes in both the law and the |
practice as the same now obtain, is,
think. generally admitted by all we'll
informed lawyers The great difficulty !
in connection with these matters,