Occasional Papers and Addresses of an American Lawyer (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Occasional Papers and Addresses of an American Lawyer The pursuit of an absorbing profession in a metro politan city leaves little time for the indulgence of tastes in the fields of general culture. The law is such a jealous mistress that she does not suffer gladly even dilettante ramblings in art or science or litera ture. If a lawyer does disentangle himself from the phylacteries of a system of law and procedure whose practice frequently tends to a narrowness of vision, he quite naturally turns to some phase of public af fairs, and, moreover, as I have pointed out in these papers, a sense of public duty ought to press him, more than those engaged in other pursuits, in that direction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.