The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-10-20


was n log cabin In a lonely land until
about the time Daniel was born, when
the family moved to small frame
house. His is the majesty of a great
intellect"
There was much talk of this sort
until Mr.. Lincoln excused himself TO
walk home with his two friends who /
had just returned from the North, be-
Ing eager to learn of Samson's visit.
The latter gave him full account of
II and asked him to undertake the col
lection of Brlmstead's note.
"Pli get after that fellow right
away" said Lincoln. "rm glad to get
chance at one Of those men who
have been sklnnIng the farmers"
They sat down by the Preside In
Samson's house.
Joe has decided that he wants to
be lawyer" said. Samson.
"Well, Joe. wen all do what we can
TO keep you from being shotgun
lawyer" Abe Lincoln began. "Tve got
good first lesson for you. found II
In letter which Rufus Choate had
written to Judge Davis. In II he says
that we rightly have great respect for
the. law is something vastly greater
and more sacred than the verdict Of
any majority. The law he says,
comes down to US one mighty and
continuous stream Of wisdom and ex-
perlence accumulated, ancestral,
widening and deepening and washing
itself clearer as 1t runs on, the agent
OF civilization, the builder Of thou
sand cities. To have lived through
ages Of unceaslng trial with the pas
siOns, interests and affairs of men, to
have lived through the drums and
trampllngs Of conquest. through revo-
luton and reform and all the changing
cycles OF opinion, to have attended
the progress of the race and gathered
unto itself the appreciation Of civil
lied humanity Is to have proved that
II carries In II some spark of immor-
tai life
The face of Lincoln changed as he
recited the lines OF the learned and
distinguished lawyer OF Massachu-
chusetts.
Ellis face glowed like lighted lam
tern when he began to say those elo-
quent words" Samson writes in his
diary. "Eie wrote them down so that
Josiah could commit them TO memory"
"That is wonderful statement"
Samson remarked.
Abe answered: ut suggests to me
that the voice OF the people In any one
generation may or may not be in
spired, but that the voice OF the best
men Of all ages, expressing their sense
Of justice and Of right, In the law. is
and must be the voice OF God. The
spirit and body OF its DEGREES are as
lndestructible as the throne Of Heaven.
You can overthrow them but until
their power is re-establlshed, as surely
Il will be, you will live In savagery."
"You do not deny the right Of reyo-
luton"
"No, but can see no excuse for It
In America. II has remained for us
10 add 10 the body OF the law the idea
that men are created free and equal
The lack Of the saving principle In the
codes OF the world has been the great
cause OF injustice and oppression"
Honest Abe rose and walked up and
down the room In silence for a mo-
ment Then he added;
"Choate phrased II well when he
! said: we should beware Of awaklng
the tremendous dlvinlties of change
from their long sleep. Let us think
! OF that when we consider what we
: shall do with the evils that afiilct u.s.
The boy Joe had been deeply In.
! terested In this talk.
, "If you'n lend me book, I'D like
TO begin studying" he said.
There's time enough for that" said
= Lincoln. "First, want you to under.
4 stand what the law Is and what the
I lawyer should be. You wouldn't want
r TO be pettlfogger. Choate is the
right model. lie has a. dignity suited
10 the greatness OF his chosen master
I They say that before a justice Of the
E peace, In room no bigger than q
shoemaker's shop, his work Is done
! with the same dignity and care that
r he would show In the supreme court
I of Massachusetts. A newspaper say,
I that In dog case at Beverly HI
G treated the dog as II he were lloI
b and the grabbed old squire with Ia,
Z consideration due chief Justice"
r Gle knows how TO handle the Eng
Z fish language" Samson observed.
{ "He got that by reading. He is tn,
n best read man at the American ba
b and the best Bible student There
4 lot OF work ahead of you, Joe, befor,
{ you are a lawyer, and when your,
I admitted success comes only OF tn,
1 capacity for work Brougham wrot
I the peroration OF his speech In de
a tense OF Queen Caroline nineteel
( times"
J. ~ want 10 be great orator." tn
y boy exclaimed with engaging frank
h ness.
k "Then you must remember tina
o character Is the biggest part OF IT,.
y Honest Abe declared. "Great thought