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studies In natural history won him
admission into the Royal Society.
The privilege Of writing r. II. s.
(Fellow Of the Royal Society after
his name gave him far greater pleas
urc than he derived from his knightIy
prefix Of "Slr."
He was the author Of many books
besides the legal classic we have NEIL
toned. The subjects range from the
! doctrine OF election, In theology, to q
catalogue of some OF the British,
MOSES. A volume of his essays, en-
titled Studies by the Way" pub
llshed In 1900, illustrates the breadth
and variety Of his interests. Here
are the titles of the nine papers
which It contains: (1)"rhe Banquet
of DANTE" ~ THE Theory Of Pun
ishment," (3) THE Old Testament"
(D Sermons" (5) "Conveyanclng,"
(6) "SrRABo In Egypt" 60 AN Old
Greek Farmer" 80 Notes on
Greece" and COY Notes on Sicily"
How many Judges are there any
where who could write instructively
and ensertalningly on such wide
variety Of topics?
Considering that II comes from a
Quaker Judge with n reputation for
rather severe austerity the essay on
sermons In this volume Is most anus
Ing. Here Sir EDWARD Fry tells us
Of n rustic listener to sermon who
thought that the word felicity"
meant part of the insides Of pig"
He deprecates the unwlllingness OF
clergymen to use simple words in
their dlscOurses. THE ordinary
preacher Is afraid TO call spade a
spade; he would rather describe it
as that instrument OF agriculture
with which our first father labored
when, by the providence Of Con, he
was called on to till the Garden OF
Eden. 1t is said that no one, not
even under the pressure Of the fam.
inc of fifty years ago, has ever
dared to use the word potato in n
sermon or n public prayer" Lord
Justice FRy also recalls with mani
fest enjoyment the sermon preached
before a medical congress on the text
that tells OF the woman who had
suffered many things of many physi-
clans and had spent all that she had
and was nothing bcttered, but rather
grew worse; also the occasion when
SIDNEY SMITH In York Minister.
crowded with the Judges and counsel
Of the Northern Circuit in its paint
est days. startled the great congrega-
ton with the words, "Woe unto YOU.
lawyers -
The Quaker conscience Of this emil
nent Judge showed itself when he
refused to accept the full sum of
5000 fixed By the court as his COM
pensation as Commissioner in the
Chelsea Water Works arbitration.
He would accept only 1850, which
made his compensation for the work
precisely equivalent to that Of u Judge
upon the bench.
The Society Of Friends has occa-
sionaIly been represented on the
bench of the courts of last resort in
New England; but seldom elsewhere.
The obvious reason Is that Quakers
seldom enter the legal profession.
The American Judiciary, like that OF
England to-day, Is open to lawyers of
every religious faith. Lord RUssELL
Of Killowen, n Roman Catholic, be-
came Lord Chief Justice Of England.
The Earl of READING, Lord Chief
Justice, Is a Jew. The Chief JUS
tice Of the United States Is a Ro-
man Catholic; so Is Mr.. Justice Nc.
KENNA Of the Supreme Court; while
Mr.. Justice BRAHpEIs, one of the re-
| cent additions to that tribunal. Is q
prominent Jew and leader in the Zion
ist movement for the reestablshment
of the Hebrews IN Palestine.