 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1855 - 608 sider
...self-denial, as well as moral courage, which belong commonly to riper years. High moral principle is his only safe guide; the only torch to light his way amidst darkness and obstruction." The oath prescribed by the Act of Assembly, 1752, in Pennsylvania, which is administered upon the admission... | |
 | George Sharswood - 1860 - 212 sider
...self-denial, as well as the moral courage, which belong commonly to riper years. High moral principle is his only safe guide ; the only torch to light his way amidst darkness and obstruction. It is like the spear of the guardian angel of Paradise : No falsehood can endure Touch of celestial... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 sider
...high-toned morality is more imperatively necessary than that of the law. . . . High moral principle is his only safe guide ; the only torch to light his way amidst darkness and obstruction. It is like the spear of the guardian of Paradise : " No falsehood can endure Touch of celestial temper,... | |
 | American Bar Association - 1921 - 1066 sider
...of his career, needs often the prudence and self-denial as well as the moral courage, which helong commonly to riper years. High moral principle is the...the only torch to light his way amidst darkness and ohstruction."— GEORGE SHARSWOOD. " Craft is the vice, not the spirit, of the profession. Trick is... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 sider
...high-toned morality is more imperatively necessary than that of the law. . . . High moral principle is his dren ill. On this principle we think that hOvernment should be organized solely w Il is like the spear of the guardian of Paradise : " No falsehood cnn endure Touch of celestial temper,... | |
 | Joseph W. Donovan - 1881 - 710 sider
...good than intellect without high character. It is a grievous mistake that it is a profession of craft. Craft is the vice, not the spirit of the profession....professional prostitution. Falsehood is professional apostaey. The strength of a lawyer is in thorough knowledge of legal truth, in thorough devotion to... | |
 | Ohio State Bar Association - 1908 - 212 sider
...self-denial, as well as the moral courage which belong commonly to riper years. High moral principle is his only safe guide; the only torch to light his way amidst darkness and obstruction." It is the duty of the courts, under the direction of the legislature, to fix the standards of qualification... | |
 | Alabama State Bar Association - 1903 - 1078 sider
...linos of strict integrity; in which so many delicate and difficult questions of duty are constantly arising. There are pitfalls and mantraps at every...the only torch to light his way amidst darkness and abstruction." — Sharswood. A comprehensive summary of the duties specifically enjoined by law upon... | |
 | 1889 - 1064 sider
...self-denial, as well as moral courage, which belong commonly to riper years. High moral principle is his only safe guide, — the only torch to light his way amidst darkness and obstruction." The young attorney in the inception of this contest was, no doubt, animated by great confidence in... | |
 | 1908 - 816 sider
...strict integrity; in which so many delicate and difficult questions of duty are constantly arising. High moral principle is the only safe guide; the only torch to light the way amidst darkness and obstruction. Foreman Koops, of the Merchants* chapel, was called to Omaha,... | |
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... are continually arising. There are pitfalls and mantraps at every step, and the mere youth, at the very outset of his career, needs often the prudence and self-denial as well as the moral courage, which belong commonly to riper years. High moral principle... 
