...So I sum the matter up with the statement that the
ideal lawyer will not be thoroughly honest in all his relations to individuals
and the public; that he will be a constant student; that he must possess brain
power and common sense; and that he will never forget that he is a citizen, and
that the weal or woe of the public depends largely on his loyalty to high
ideals.
Does any profession appeal more strongly than that
of the lawyer? The minister speaks for the life beyond. The doctor cares for
our bodies. But the lawyer takes social and business men as they are, and
strives to adjust their actions to the present well-being of all. Truly,
without disparagement, I may claim for the profession to which I have given
fifty years of constant devotion, that it makes high appeal to every brainy,
honest young American; and add that to the
great roll-call in the last assize the response of the
ideal lawyer will be, Ever present and on duty.
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