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ponents. Thus every element of power, in mind, in 

 culture, in habit, in physical endowment, in taste, in de- 

 meanor, and in character, was his. All united in giv- 

 ing to his forensic efforts an efficiency, and a success in- 

 ferior to those of no other. Our brethren that remain, 

 who saw him at the bar, speak of him as ever maintain- 

 ing a dignified decorum, and a manner not reserved or 

 cold (though perhaps apparently such at times), but 

 genial and good humored toward his professional 

 brethren, and respectful to the bench. They speak of 

 him as above the suspicion of rhetorical arts, or par- 

 tisan strategy. They say his appeals were to the judg- 

 ment rather than to the passions ; that his action was 

 graceful ; that he never sought to make a display of 

 oratory though he was always eloquent in thought, and 

 winning in diction. He was never heard without in- 

 struction, never without pleasure. 



He had some other characteristics that deserve 

 special mention. In everything he undertook he was 

 thorough to the highest degree. Thoroughness was 

 a habit of his life. He brought it to all his investiga- 

 tions, and he regarded it as a duty never to be slighted. 

 In his view it was criminal to neglect the fullest pos- 

 sible preparation for the trial of every cause com- 

 mitted to his care, or for any opinion he was called 

 upon to give. One of his maxims, often commended 

 to others, and always acted upon by himself was 

 ** Work up to power." Whatever came from him was, 

 therefore, the best he could produce, and those who 



