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VVJ~H 6v6Wv
(ossas.ssA ssso eaas ~
Which the ancient Teutonic rciig.
Ions arc 70 closely allied. Heaven
vss called Vslhails and Wooden. the
sod q ths ancient Nossenas. -wss
pletursd - mighty Giant. sasspisx
upoa ssvss-icsgued boots from Gao
snow clad mountain top TO another.
while his daughters. the ValkyElea.
had - their mission to ride the
clouds like steeds over earthly bat
tissields, and TO note tho brsvsst
warriors aad to conduct TO vaihalla
such - were selected 70 fall In bat
tle because of their bravery. And 70
In tho mysteries OF life asd death. 4:
10 pasainx strange TO US that the
brightest and the best % often die
when to 10. /, would seem that their
usefulnesa has been but half full
filled. We find the same thought In
the wriiiass Of philosophers Of every
tongue. Prom the Rub:
"'Fcr som. we loved. the loveiiess
aud tho best
That from bis vintage. rollins
Time hath prest.
Have drunk their cup round or
two before.
And one by ose erept silently 10
rest
Some Of these have contributed
much to modern Jurisprudence: aud
by their thoughts. and their ioGlc
have helped 10 shape the policy Of
the law. % that property rights bs
rendered more secure. personal lib
erty moro certain and both a, all
times protected.
The passion and prejudice Of the
litlkants that caused tho lawsuit
that produced the opinion have
passed With the parties Involved: the
subJect-mattcr Of tho suit no longer
exists. but tho principle Of Law there
enuariated Miii lives for our guild.
anee.
Tho only knowledge that can
really make us better Is not Of thinE>
and their Laws. but Of pcrsons ant
their thoughts: and I would rather
have Al hours sympathy with one
noble heart than read ths law Ut
Eravitation through and through. To
teach US what 10 love and what "a
hate. whom to honour and whom to
despisc. IL tho substance Of all hu-
man training. and this II not TO bc
iearned from the magnet or the nj.
croscope. from inaccts born In Gal-
va1isA, and, light polasiscd In crys.
tab. but only anoag the Affairs o!
mss: from tho rich records Of the
past. the strife Of heroic and the
peace Of sanity apuis. from great
thoughts Of great minds. and the
sublime acts Of indomitabic con.
science. The soul takes Its complex.
ion and its true port from the 30
clety 10 which Il dwclis.'
1.-THE history Of any Institution o.
enterprises after all largely rcprc.
scented BY the history Of the man WIN
dominated that Institution or enter.
prise: II you care to learn the true
Lesson contained In any period Of !
uation's history. you will learn tina,
lesson better and more accurately by
reading the biography OF the man OF
men who were In charge Of its af-
fairs rather thaa by reading the rec
ord OF the bare events ~ they oc-
CURED. For Instance. Il would NOT
occur TO you In reading the mastery
arguments isf Chief Justice Marshall
In tho Dartmouth College case tina,
he was swayed In that decision BY
the fact that he WAS = close student
of the Rousseau school OF philoso.
ply: and yet ON 80 close question
tho doctr,nrs Of Rousseau as 10 the
equality Of the citizen with tho
State mus. have had much to do with
the decision. tfih''
1T Is natural for us to believe IA
greatness: every country has II,
great men whose dccda have been
recorded Ia, history and are handed
down from generation to. generation
as an Inspiration to the young. Ev-
cry village has Its noted chnrastc,
and each vocation In life affords
some whose achievements are point.
ed to with pride by others who fol.
low that vocation. 1t should be a
matter of grateful pri}e to US a.
members OF that profession which ia
admittedly 10 closely interkoye,