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lawyer of whom I have knowledge, either in this coun- 

 try, in Great Britain, or on the continent of Europe. 

 He lived with unimpaired mental faculties, and gener- 

 ally in the enjoyment of good health, preserved and 

 confirmed by temperate habits and regular bodily ex- 

 ercise. His adult life extended over the first three 

 quarters of the present century, a period of advance, 

 not of retroofradation. In it the world saw most re- 

 markable changes. Empires rose and fell. Many new 

 kingdoms and governments were established. Con- 

 stitutional law made wonderful advances, and munici- 

 pal law was accommodated to an altered condition of 

 human affairs. The mechanical arts made unprece- 

 dented progress. New powers and agencies were dis- 

 covered, more potent than any before known, and ap- 

 plied to daily use. Religious toleration advanced to 

 be an accepted doctrine, and popular education came 

 to be regarded as of inestimable importance. Society 

 in very many particulars, was revolutionized, and civili- 

 zation achieved greater triumphs than in any former 

 equal period of the world's history. Of all these 

 changes Mr. Binneywas an attentive observer. It was 

 not in his nature to be indifferent to them. He not 

 only noticed the progressive changes, but he must 

 have considered their causes, and their probable con- 

 sequences. He was himself a link that connected the 

 men of the revolution with the present generation. 

 What an ocean of thought the events and changes of 

 his life-time spread out before his declining years ! And 



