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Worcester (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 3
pupil. G. W. Warren and Francis J. Humphrey were his classmates in this office. He is remembered there, writes the latter gentleman to me, chiefly as a most indefatigable student and lover of books. His personal demeanor was that of a shy and modest maiden. He always greeted me with a cheerful word and a most radiant smile. The notion of arrogance, as a quality in the character of Charles Sumner, can excite in me only the emotion of ridicule. Mr. Sumner was admitted to the bar at Worcester in 1834, and commenced the practice of law in Boston. Thoroughly prepared as he was for meeting the demands of his vocation, he soon came to enjoy extensive patronage. He was shortly afterwards appointed Reporter to the circuit court of the United States; and while serving in this capacity published the three volumes now known as Sumner's Reports, embodying the important legal decisions The following compliment was paid by Baron Parke to Mr. Sumner, and his Reports of the Decisions of
Lowell (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
er had worked over it with the zeal of a sincere friend, and the accuracy of an excellent lawyer. By the labors of Mr. Sumner thus far, it appeared that his future career was to be only that of a distinguished lawyer; but, as remarked above, the study of juridical science is essential to the exercise of broad and enlightened statesmanship, for which, though it might have been unconsciously, he was then making preparation. I knew Mr. Sumner, says R. B. Caverly, Esq., in a letter to me dated Lowell, April 1, 1874, in his early manhood. I was with him quite constantly in 1835-36 and ‘37 in the Cambridge Law School, where he occasionally appeared as a professor in place of Judge Story. He was then in manner reserved, yet courteous; in form tall, and comparatively slender. He was prompt in his attendance, and ready in the law. I remember that on his return from Europe he seemed proud to relate that Lord Brougham had expressed to him the opinion that Mr. Justice Story was the greatest j
Europe (search for this): chapter 3
en unconsciously, he was then making preparation. I knew Mr. Sumner, says R. B. Caverly, Esq., in a letter to me dated Lowell, April 1, 1874, in his early manhood. I was with him quite constantly in 1835-36 and ‘37 in the Cambridge Law School, where he occasionally appeared as a professor in place of Judge Story. He was then in manner reserved, yet courteous; in form tall, and comparatively slender. He was prompt in his attendance, and ready in the law. I remember that on his return from Europe he seemed proud to relate that Lord Brougham had expressed to him the opinion that Mr. Justice Story was the greatest judge in the world. Mr. Sumner's acquaintance with Dr. S. G. Howe--a true and intimate friend — commenced, it is said, at the great Broad-street riot in 1837. The rioters had got possession of some barrels of whiskey; when Dr. Howe, seeing a stalwart young man endeavoring with an axe to knock in the head of one of the barrels, hastened to his aid. This young man proved to
Broad Street (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 3
with him quite constantly in 1835-36 and ‘37 in the Cambridge Law School, where he occasionally appeared as a professor in place of Judge Story. He was then in manner reserved, yet courteous; in form tall, and comparatively slender. He was prompt in his attendance, and ready in the law. I remember that on his return from Europe he seemed proud to relate that Lord Brougham had expressed to him the opinion that Mr. Justice Story was the greatest judge in the world. Mr. Sumner's acquaintance with Dr. S. G. Howe--a true and intimate friend — commenced, it is said, at the great Broad-street riot in 1837. The rioters had got possession of some barrels of whiskey; when Dr. Howe, seeing a stalwart young man endeavoring with an axe to knock in the head of one of the barrels, hastened to his aid. This young man proved to be Charles Sumner, with whom he then commenced a friendship, which, cemented by kindred views on the leading questions of human progress, continued until broken by dea
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 3
maiden. He always greeted me with a cheerful word and a most radiant smile. The notion of arrogance, as a quality in the character of Charles Sumner, can excite in me only the emotion of ridicule. Mr. Sumner was admitted to the bar at Worcester in 1834, and commenced the practice of law in Boston. Thoroughly prepared as he was for meeting the demands of his vocation, he soon came to enjoy extensive patronage. He was shortly afterwards appointed Reporter to the circuit court of the United States; and while serving in this capacity published the three volumes now known as Sumner's Reports, embodying the important legal decisions The following compliment was paid by Baron Parke to Mr. Sumner, and his Reports of the Decisions of Mr. Justice Story:-- On an insurance question, before the Court of Exchequer, one of the counsel having cited an American case, Baron Parke, the ablest of the English judges, asked him what book he quoted. He replied, Sumner's Reports. Baron Rolfe s
Kings Chapel (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
s. On leaving college, at the age of nineteen years, Charles Sumner had a well-developed, manly form, a clear and resonant voice, and a character of unimpeachable integrity. His health was excellent, his aspiration lofty. He at once commenced upon a course of private study, reviewing carefully his college text-books, extending his knowledge of the modern languages, and his course of English reading. lie listened on the sabbath to the eloquent discourses of the Rev. Dr. Greenwood at King's Chapel, and occasionally heard the polished sentences of Edward Everett on the platform, and the solid arguments of Rufus Choate and Daniel Webster at the bar. His father's position as high sheriff of the county gave him ready access to the society of the leading lawyers of the day, and naturally inclined him to adopt the law as his profession. Whether at this period he read Mr. Garrison's uncompromising Liberator, established on the 1st of January, 1831, or sympathized with the rising pulsebe
Studies (search for this): chapter 3
Chapter 3: Mr. Sumner on leaving College. private Studies. opportunities and Preparations. spirit of the works of genius. Daniel Webster. Mr. Sumner enters the Law School. method of study. Mr. Justice Story. Mr. Sumner's regard for him. his eloquent Tribute to him. his Indebtedness to him. Mr. Sumner contributes to the American jurist. Studies with Benjamin Rand, Esq. his regard for the Law School. his Admission to the bar. Sumner's Reports. Compliment of Baron Parke. lectures to the Dane Law School. Edits Andrew Dunlap's Admiralty practice. his Promise as a Lawyer. his acquaintance with Dr. S. G. Howe. It is by dint of steady labor; it is by giving enough of application to the work, and having enough of time for the doing of it; it is by regular painstaking and the plying of constant assiduties,--it is by these, and not by any process of legerdemain, that we secure the strength and the stability of real excellence. It was thus that Demosth
Benjamin Rand (search for this): chapter 3
s. Daniel Webster. Mr. Sumner enters the Law School. method of study. Mr. Justice Story. Mr. Sumner's regard for him. his eloquent Tribute to him. his Indebtedness to him. Mr. Sumner contributes to the American jurist. Studies with Benjamin Rand, Esq. his regard for the Law School. his Admission to the bar. Sumner's Reports. Compliment of Baron Parke. lectures to the Dane Law School. Edits Andrew Dunlap's Admiralty practice. his Promise as a Lawyer. his acquaintance withd by the fellowship of persons engaged in the same pursuits; all echoing to the heart of the pupil, as from the genius of the place, constant words of succor, encouragement, and hope. Mr. Sumner read law for some time in the office of Benjamin Rand, Esq., a counsellor distinguished alike for his conversational powers, his love of books, and his knowledge of the law. Every sailing packet which arrived from England brought him the latest legal publications, which he devoured with singular vora
D. A. Harsha (search for this): chapter 3
arterly journal of jurisprudence. During three successive winters subsequent to his admission to the bar, he delivered lectures to the students of the Dane Law School at Cambridge, and for a brief period had the sole charge of that institution. Such fidelity to his trust, such an affluence of learning, and such legal acumen were exhibited in these lectures, that in 1836 a professorship in the school was tendered to him. This he declined. Mr. Sumner's position in the legal world, says Mr. D. A. Harsha, was an enviable one: he was universally regarded as a young lawyer of exalted talent, brilliant genius, and commanding eloquence. His legal acquirements attracted the attention, and received the compliments, of Chancellor James Kent and other eminent civilians. His reputation as a lawyer was extended by the able editorship of Andrew Dunlap's standard work on Admiralty practice, to which he added valuable notes and comments, and which was published in Philadelphia in 1836. On his dea
Rolfe (search for this): chapter 3
United States; and while serving in this capacity published the three volumes now known as Sumner's Reports, embodying the important legal decisions The following compliment was paid by Baron Parke to Mr. Sumner, and his Reports of the Decisions of Mr. Justice Story:-- On an insurance question, before the Court of Exchequer, one of the counsel having cited an American case, Baron Parke, the ablest of the English judges, asked him what book he quoted. He replied, Sumner's Reports. Baron Rolfe said, Is that the Mr. Sumner who was once ,in England? On receiving a reply in the affirmative, Baron Parke observed, We shall not consider it entitled to the less attention because reported by a gentleman whom we all knew and respected. of Mr. Justice Story. He also edited with signal ability The American jurist, a standard quarterly journal of jurisprudence. During three successive winters subsequent to his admission to the bar, he delivered lectures to the students of the Dane Law
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