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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 6: Law School.—September, 1831, to December, 1833.—Age, 20-22. (search)
study by decided or supposed cases, and to comment upon and criticise the text-book, but also to examine most of the students quite closely upon the lesson of the day. The exercise was a recitation rather than a lecture,—a mode of instruction which becomes inconvenient when a professional school is largely attended. Professor Ashmun was the sole instructor when Judge Story was absent on judicial duty at Washington, or on his circuit. His service as teacher was cut short by his death, April 1, 1833. Sumner alone was with him when he died, his sole watcher for the night. Judge Story's funeral discourse on Professor Ashmun was printed in the American Jurist, July, 1833, Vol. X. pp. 40-52. An extract is copied in Story's Life and Letters, Vol. II. pp. 143-148. Sumner was the interesting friend referred to in the discourse. He afterwards collected the funds for a monument to his teacher, and revised his manuscripts for posthumous publication in the American Jurist. He was admitt