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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 18: Stratford-on-avon.—Warwick.—London.—Characters of judges and lawyers.—authors.—society.—January, 1839, to March, 1839.—Age, 28. (search)
ank to these, but differing of course among themselves in talents and in business, are Sir Frederick Pollock, Talfourd, Alexander, Cresswell, Kelly, J. Jervis, Crowder, Erle, Bompas, Wightman, and perhaps some others. Pollock Frederick Pollockeen disappointed in him. I know him very well, and have seen him at dinners, at clubs, in Parliament, and in courts. Alexander and Cresswell are the two leaders of the Northern Circuit,— the former, a married man; the latter, a bachelor. AlexandAlexander has a good deal of business, which he manages very well, showing attention and fidelity. Lord Brougham once sneered at him, when talking with me, as little Alexander. He is a thoroughly moral and conscientious person, and will not take a seat iAlexander. He is a thoroughly moral and conscientious person, and will not take a seat in Parliament, because it would be inconsistent with the performance of his professional duties. I think he inclines to Toryism; though he is very moderate. I have had much instructive conversation with him about professional conduct, with regard t
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 25: service for Crawford.—The Somers Mutiny.—The nation's duty as to slavery.—1843.—Age, 32. (search)
which Dugald Stewart thought the finest in the English language,— Their feather-cinctured chiefs and dusky loves. I began the work, hating Cortez as he hated idols, and longing to see him overthrown. But you have led me on gently to your rather favorable estimate of his character. On the narrative, as presented by you, I do not see any occasion to differ from your appreciation of his acts. His courage, address, and resources seem almost unparalleled in history,—greater than those of Alexander; his bigotry and religious intolerance, with cruelty in their train, were those of the Crusader,—of the Church of Rome at that period, of the laws of all Christian nations down to a much later period, of Lord Coke himself. The old common law writ, de haeretico comburendo, was only formally taken away in the reign of Charles II. I have not your book by me; but my impression is that there was one remark in extenuation of Cortez which did not seem carefully expressed. Since I saw you, I <
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, chapter 30 (search)
er a full review of the editor's method of annotating, it referred to the biographical notices: For this department of the work Mr. Sumner is peculiarly qualified. They who have read his contributions to the American Jurist and the Law Reporter need not be told that, in what may be called the literature of the law, he has no rival among us. Among the biographical notices are those of Lords Hardwicke and Eldon, Mr. Justice Buller, Sir John Mitford, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Thurlow, Sir William Alexander, Mr. Fearne, Chief Baron Eyre, Lord Camden, Mr. Hargrave, Sir Samuel Romilly, Lord Loughborough (Wedderburne),—judges and lawyers who were engaged in the courts during the last quarter of the last century and the first quarter of the present. Four examples of these sketches are given:— Lord Hardwicke. Perhaps this is the greatest name after Lord Bacon in the English Chancery. He was born at Dover, 1690, and was called to the bar, 1715. At the age of twenty-nine, in 1720, he