But it's a beautiful thing if you just hang to the principles, and don't believe too much of the practice.

The law is disgraced--but at bottom what the law meant to do was to give humanity some sort of a square deal; which, of course, it doesn't.

It ain't a science; but I love it, because it might have been." He fell silent once again for a time, after his fashion, but now his gaze was softened, although he went on with his light speech.

"I rather thought I would take up the science of the law as the most possible line of activity for a man of my attainments.

I began to read a little on the side.