 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1905 - 546 страници
...or to feel wrong " ; and these words written over the grave of a lawyer in Mount Auburn : " He had the beauty of accuracy in his understanding, and the beauty of uprightness in his character" ; and these better words on the wall of Sanders Theatre, the words of the Hebrew prophet as they stand... | |
 | Levi Merriam Stevens - 1864 - 100 страници
...intuitive. He went behind precedents to principles, and books were his helpers, never his flusters. There was the beauty of accuracy in his understanding,...character. Through the slow progress of the disease which consumed his life, he kept unimpaired his kindness at temper and superiority of intellect. He... | |
 | David Thomas - 1868 - 222 страници
...Hooker Ashmun, Royal Professor of Law in Harvard University, who was bom July 3, 1800, and died April 1, 1833. In him the science of law appeared native and...character. Through the slow progress of the disease which consumed his life he kept unimpaired his kindness of temper and superiority of intellect. He... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit) - 1875 - 60 страници
...Mount Auburn records of one of his early associates at the bar is eminently true of him,—that "he had the beauty of accuracy in his understanding, and the beauty of uprightness in his character." I think that his loss at the present time is a national one, for this more than, perhaps, any other... | |
 | 1879 - 524 страници
...intuitive. He went behind precedents to princi[>les) and books were his helpers, never his mas- . ters. There was the beauty of accuracy in his understanding,...character. Through the slow progress of the disease which consumed hi» life, he kept unimpaired his kindness of temper and superiority of intellect. He... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), William Henry Clifford - 1880 - 728 страници
...Auburn records of one of his early associates at the bar is eminently true of him, — that " He had the beauty of accuracy in his understanding, and the beauty of uprightness in his character." 1 think that his loss at the present time is a national one, for this more than, perhaps, any other... | |
 | 1883 - 120 страници
...intuitive. Jlo went behind precedents to principles, and luniks wure Inn liclpris, never Ilia maulers. There was the beauty of accuracy in his understanding,...of uprightness in his character. Through the slow |>rogress of the disease which consumed his life, 10 kept unimpaired his kindness of temper and tm]>eriority... | |
 | Harvard University, Justin Winsor - 1887 - 406 страници
...Ashmun, whose epitaph at Mt. Auburn contains that summary of the character of a great lawyer: " He had the beauty of accuracy in his understanding, and the beauty of uprightness in his character." I was here, sharing with the gentleman from Georgia on my left, who has addressed you, in the instruction... | |
 | Alexander McKenzie - 1903 - 312 страници
...choicest inscriptions at Mount Auburn is this epitaph of a great lawyer and a great citizen: " He had the beauty of accuracy in his understanding, And the beauty of uprightness in his character." XIV TRAVEL TRAVEL usually implies distance. It is not of necessity a movement for a long way, although... | |
 | Charles Warren - 1908 - 616 страници
...Ashmun, whose epitaph at Mt. Auburn contains that summary of the character of a great lawyer: "He had the beauty of accuracy in his understanding, and the beauty of uprightness in his character." There being no portrait in existence so far as is known, (2) the (1) See unpublished letter of Alvord... | |
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There was the beauty of accuracy in his understanding, and the beauty of uprightness in his character. Through the slow progress of the disease which consumed his life, he kept unimpaired hia kindness of temper and superiority of intellect. 
