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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... knowledge , in the training and disciplining of the minds of its students , in developing their full measure of capacity , and inspiring them with true ideals . To the accomplishment of such results in the most effectual and useful way ...
... knowledge , in the training and disciplining of the minds of its students , in developing their full measure of capacity , and inspiring them with true ideals . To the accomplishment of such results in the most effectual and useful way ...
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... knowledge but also to impart knowledge . He must realize that for students who come to the study of what is for them a new and untried branch of learning , simplicity and clearness of statement are es- sential above all things else . He ...
... knowledge but also to impart knowledge . He must realize that for students who come to the study of what is for them a new and untried branch of learning , simplicity and clearness of statement are es- sential above all things else . He ...
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... knowledge . But shall , there- fore , the student who knows little or nothing of law , and does not under- stand the rules of legal interpretation and construction , be set at work immediately upon the reported cases and told to deduce ...
... knowledge . But shall , there- fore , the student who knows little or nothing of law , and does not under- stand the rules of legal interpretation and construction , be set at work immediately upon the reported cases and told to deduce ...
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... knowledge that was imparted into form , and fixed it firmly in the mind . I instantly felt that I was making progress . To my fellow - students and myself came that delightful intellectual pleasure and stimulus that springs from the ...
... knowledge that was imparted into form , and fixed it firmly in the mind . I instantly felt that I was making progress . To my fellow - students and myself came that delightful intellectual pleasure and stimulus that springs from the ...
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... knowledge are probably far from the most valuable things that a pupil takes away from a teacher really great . The grasp of men and circumstances which , despite those constant inter- ruptions and digressions , enabled Professor Dwight ...
... knowledge are probably far from the most valuable things that a pupil takes away from a teacher really great . The grasp of men and circumstances which , despite those constant inter- ruptions and digressions , enabled Professor Dwight ...
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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 gratitude 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 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 reasons recitation regard regret respect retirement from active rules seemed Statute Statute of Frauds success teaching text-book Theodore W Theodore Woolsey Dwight tion Tribute of Judge Tribute of William Warden WILLIAM D 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 - It is said of Judge Joseph Story "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...
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 33 - LONG. 33 assimilated them into his mental and moral nature, so that he gives them out with the diction and life of original conceptions, chaining the attention of the student, and engraving them upon his mind. " What you perceive aright you express clearly. And the words to say it in come easily.
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 29 - I feel thy conceit well ; howbeit I cannot fully as yet assent unto it ; and therefore I pray thee give me a sparing therein ; and at a better leisure, I shall with good will shew thee farther of my mind therein. " And now I will ask thee another question.
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,...