L16577 NOV 28 1939 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878, by SEYMOUR D. THOMPSON, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. SIR: No circumstance connected with the termination of a long and arduous task is more gratifying to me than the opportunity afforded by a graceful custom, of testifying to a sentiment of admiration and love-shared in, I am sure, by the entire bar of your circuit — for the great and high qualities illustrated by your career as a judge, your labors as an author, and your character as a man. The people of your vast circuit have especial reason to be grateful for an able and colorless administration of justice-which, however, in matters of discretion, has never left out of view considerations of humanity; and the younger members of your bar are no less indebted to you for a goodness of heart which has never lost patience with their short-comings, and which has never withheld proper and needed advice. May I be permitted to add a personal expression of gratitude for the sympathy, counsel, and assistance you have been pleased to render me in my past labors as editor and author, and to subscribe myself, With great respect, Your obliged friend and servant, SEYMOUR D. THOMPSON. |