LITTLE and as for " Law Latin," it can be learned in a week 

 JOURNEYS and then should be mostly forgotten. The lawyer who 



asks his client about the "causa sine qua non," or ha- 

 rangues the jury concerning the " ipse dixit of de facto 

 and de jure," will probably be mulcted for costs on 

 general principles. 



" I always rule hard against the lawyer who quotes 

 Latin," said a Brooklyn judge to me the other day. 

 Happily, Law Latin is now not used to any extent, 

 excepting in Missouri. 



No more clients came to John Fiske than they did to 

 Wendell Phillips, who once had a law office on the 

 same street. So John sent letters to the newspapers, 

 wrote book reviews, and contributed essays to the 

 "Atlantic Monthly." Occasionally, he would lecture 

 for scientific clubs or societies. 



"While still in the Law School he had discounted the 

 future and married a charming young woman, who 

 believed in him to an extent that would have made the 

 average man pause. 



Marriages do not always keep pace exactly with the 

 price of corn. 



Receipts in the Fiske law office were not active. John 

 Fiske was twenty-six ; his grandmother was dead, and 

 family cares were coming along apace, all according to 

 the Law of Malthus. 



He accepted an offer to give substitute lectures at 

 Harvard on history for a professor who had gone 

 abroad for his health. This he continued, speaking for 

 any absentee on any subject, and tutoring rich laggards 

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