This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 edition. Excerpt: ...Attorney, and the following reply was made by Mr. Justice Sprague: --" Notwithstanding the time that has elapsed since the death of Mr. Choate, and the numerous demonstrations of respect by the bar, by judicial tribunals, deliberative bodies, and popular assemblies, still it is proper that such an ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 edition. Excerpt: ...Attorney, and the following reply was made by Mr. Justice Sprague: --" Notwithstanding the time that has elapsed since the death of Mr. Choate, and the numerous demonstrations of respect by the bar, by judicial tribunals, deliberative bodies, and popular assemblies, still it is proper that such an event should not pass unnoticed in this court. Others have spoken fully and eloquently of his eminence and excellence in various departments; we may here at least appropriately say something of him as a lawyer and an advocate. His life was mainly devoted to the practice of his profession, and this court was the scene of many of his greatest efforts and highest achievements. I believe him to have been the most accomplished advocate that this country has produced. With extraordinary genius he united unremitted industry, devoted almost exclusively to the law, and to those literary studies which tend most directly to accomplish and perfect the orator and the advocate. The result was wonderful. His command of language was unequalled. I certainly have heard no one who approached him in the richness of his vocabulary. This wealth he used profusely, but with a discrimination, a felicity of expression, and an ease and flow, which was truly marvellous. Althoughfto the careless or unintelligent hearer his words would sometimes seem to be in excess, yet to the attentive and cultivated every word had its appropriate place and its shade of meaning, conducing more or less to the perfection of the picture. To those who heard Mr. Choate for the first time, it would seem as though this ready outpouring of choice and expressive language must be the result of special preparation. But those who have heard him often, especially in those unforeseen emergencies...
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