A Tribute to Theodore Woolsey [i.e. William] Dwight, Presented on His Resignation from the Wardenship of the Columbia College Law School, 1891Frederic Joseph Swift Knickerbocker Press, 1891 - 53 páginas |
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... learning of some practical value . But the Columbia School has purposely sought to make its instruction theoretical and at the same time practical . That its students might be competent to give wise counsel , the principles and reasons ...
... learning of some practical value . But the Columbia School has purposely sought to make its instruction theoretical and at the same time practical . That its students might be competent to give wise counsel , the principles and reasons ...
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... learning , simplicity and clearness of statement are es- sential above all things else . He must understand and ever realize what is their power of comprehension and adapt himself to their needs . He must remember that what seems simple ...
... learning , simplicity and clearness of statement are es- sential above all things else . He must understand and ever realize what is their power of comprehension and adapt himself to their needs . He must remember that what seems simple ...
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... it accurately . The professor then seeks with all the stores of his experience and learning , and by clear illustration , to resolve whatever difficulties may have been experienced by the student in his study of the book , or by the.
... it accurately . The professor then seeks with all the stores of his experience and learning , and by clear illustration , to resolve whatever difficulties may have been experienced by the student in his study of the book , or by the.
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... learning . I know it kindled in the breast of every student a generous ardor for the law as a science rather than a trade , and an affection for Professor Dwight amount- ing almost to idolatry . It was for all of us a priceless ...
... learning . I know it kindled in the breast of every student a generous ardor for the law as a science rather than a trade , and an affection for Professor Dwight amount- ing almost to idolatry . It was for all of us a priceless ...
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... learning that makes up the law ; but to appropriate it , make part of it my own , and fashion from it an instrument I could handle as a master , seemed a hopeless task . In this state of mind I began my attendance at Dr. Dwight's School ...
... learning that makes up the law ; but to appropriate it , make part of it my own , and fashion from it an instrument I could handle as a master , seemed a hopeless task . In this state of mind I began my attendance at Dr. Dwight's School ...
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admiration affection Alexander Hamilton April 25 brought class-room College Law School Columbia College Law Columbia Law School daily defendant Garrison distinction distinguished duties earnest enthusiastic esteem feel fessor Francis Lieber Hamilton College held by Professor honor illustration imparted impressed influence instructor intellectual interest JUDGE WILLIAM jurisprudence jurist justice kindly knowledge labor Lafayette Place large number lawyers learning lecture room legal principles legal training logical memory ment mental method of instruction moot courts moral MORRIS W never number of students opinions patience PERRY BELMONT pleasure practical pre-eminently principles of law profession Professor Dwight Professor Dwight's instruction pupils qualities of mind questions Railroad of Missouri recitation regard regret respect rules seemed Statute Statute of Frauds success teaching text-book Theodore W THEODORE WOOLSEY DWIGHT tion Tribute of bon Tribute of Judge Tribute of William Warden words YORK
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Página 2 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use.
Página 44 - that his familiar bearing toward ' the boys ' — as he called the students, — his frankness, bubbling humor, merry and contagious laugh, and inexhaustible fund of incident and anecdote, with which he gave piquancy and zest to the driest themes, won for him the love of his pupils, whose professional careers, after they left the Harvard Law School, he watched with fatherly interest." How truly these words apply to the work of Professor Dwight, those who have been " his boys " can bear witness. The...
Página 52 - MY DEAR SIR: — I very much regret that the condition of my health will not permit me to comply with the request contained in your letter. Did circumstances permit, it would give me great pleasure to bear testimony to the high character, ability, and worth of my dear friend and teacher, Professor Dwight, for whom I have always had the most affectionate regard. Sincerely yours, LE BARON B. COLT.
Página 44 - But I confess that I dwell with even more pleasure upon the entirety of a life adorned by consistent principles, and filled up in the discharge of virtuous duty; where there is nothing to regret, and nothing to conceal; no friendships broken ; no confidence betrayed; no timid surrenders to popular clamor; no eager reaches for popular favor. Who does not listen with conscious pride to the truth, that the disciple, the friend, the biographer of Washington, still lives, the uncompromising advocate of...
Página 44 - ... whom Daniel Webster said that his career was " marked by uniform greatness, wisdom, and integrity " ; and of whom Mr. Justice Story said that his " expositions of constitutional law are a monument of fame, far beyond the ordinary memorials of political and military glory " ; and that " his life was adorned by consistent principles and filled up in the discharge of virtuous duty.
Página 8 - ... of Hamilton College in 1857. The school was in its infancy, but his superlative qualifications as a teacher were already recognized by all the friends of the college, and had begun to attract a wider recognition. The classes were small, eight members comprising the whole corps of students that year. Professor Dwight was in the prime of vigorous manhood. He was endued with an enthusiasm for the law both as a science and a vocation, which was contagious and irresistible, and which, concentrated...
Página 5 - ... brief and compact form, and in a mode of statement much more accurate and reliable than he would probably have attained by himself from his own study of the decisions.
Página 46 - His imperturbable good-nature, his gentleness and kindness of manner, his indulgence for the errors and mistakes and even the heedlessness and indifference of his students, and his patient persistence in re-explaining and re-enforcing what many another man would think had already been sufficiently explained and enforced, have stimulated many a mind which otherwise would have given up in despair. No student . . . ever felt rebuffed or snubbed by Professor Dwight, so long as he was seeking for light,...
Página 11 - ... advance upon the thirty pages that was our daily task, and afterwards, if there was a lecture, we copied for fifteen minutes from his dictation. Any one was at perfect liberty to ask any question, which was promptly answered. In 1860 there was no Washburn on Real Estate and no acceptable book upon Torts. The New York Court of Appeals' Reports numbered only sixteen volumes. Story, now almost out of date, was the great standard authority in almost all departments of law. The Junior Class began...