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length, but content myself with this
thought.
He came when the formative stage
of judicial development was still on,
at time when above all, moral cour-
age, sound judgment and legal train
ing was needed--he had all and more,
and gave most freely of all he had,
and, in the years to come, the student
of history, civil, political and judicial,
will give to him the niche to which
his efforts entitlc him and it will be
high up the wall of fame.
Of netting We are assured, that is,
that at no time did our beloved friend
concern himself as to where in the
great hall of fame his name might be
placed. He never strived for material
advancement but was content to do his
duty and do good. It was most gen
uine pleasure for him to do some act
to help fellow man, and when think
Of his great kindness, Of the many,
many, beneficial acts Of his life, there
comes to me the words of Van Dyke,
regarding fame.
"FAME.
Gone thing is certain in regard to
fame; for most of us is will be very
brief in itself; for all of US it will be
transient in our enjoyment Of it. When
death has dropped the curtain we shall
hear no more applause. And though
We fondly dream that it will continue
after We have left the stage, We do not
realize how quickly it will die away in
silence while the audience turns to
/ look at the new actor and the next
scene. Our position in society will be
| filed as soon as it is vacated, and our
name remembered only for moment
except, please God, by few who have
learned to love us, not bcause of fame,
but because We have helped them and
done the msome good.'
And I then wonder if he will not be
remembered for his helpfulness and
loving kindness, even after the history
of his life work shall have become
dimmed with time.
1t was Emerson who said: "Life
must be lived on a higher plane. We
must go up to a higher platform tc
which We are always invited to as
cend; there the whole aspect of things
changes.'
He, for whom we mourn today, al
all times lived on high plane, his
thoughts were high, his ideals higf
and his views of life were always
frightened by the beautiful coloring:
of his view point.
A pioneer in new and sparsely set
tied country, where many of the rule:
of human conduct were laSly observed
he never, for moment lost his OWL
sense of honor, and whether engaged
in social, business or political affairs
he was always honest with himself
and when one is honest with himself
he is by force Of that fact honest will
all the world.
No time was ever used by him il
pickering or quarreling. His mind
was above such useless waste Of time
With the poet, he said:
"Life is too short to waste, In crit
lie peep or cynic bark,
Quarrel or reprimand; Twill sool
be dark. -
And so he moved serenely on dow
the stream of life, a busy man in
busy world, but finding time to seattle
kind words, the brightest flowers o
earth's existence, along the way. AT
tracing hearts by the qualities he dis
lplayed and retaining them by the qual
tiles he possessed. Doing Gods sci
vice in his own way, until no huma
mind can estimate the far-reaching Ell
feet of his daily deeds among his fe
low-men, for We know that the effec
of good deed is to inspire other act
kindred to itself, and these in tur
inspire others until like ripples tha
move ever outward and onward, tn
coey cover the entire surface Of tn
sea of human action.
Some careless observer might attr
butte the worldly success Of Judge Mo
gan to that, sometimes praised an
other times reviled, mysterious som
u thing called Luck-because he nevt
l. urgd himself. No step was ever take
5, by him for the purpose of advancin
j. his own interests. His advancemel
d to the highest judicial position in tt
5, state, the most honorable position th'
p can be bestowed by the people Of tn
a commonwealth, the Chief Justicesh
e Of the Supreme Court, was because
qualities already mentioned as SO libe
e ally possessed by hint was the 8
n of his soul that decided the goal
G. has been so beautifully expressed
le the words: