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Chapter XXXIX

           Hissalarywasonlysixthousanddollarsayear.Hislittlefamedidnotextendbeyondthemeagerrealmoflocallawyersandjudges.Butthesightofhisnamequoteddailyasbeingabouthisduties,orrenderingsuchandsuchadecision,wasagreatsatisfactiontohim.Hethoughtitmadehimasignificantfigureintheworld."BeholdIamnotasothermen,"heoftenthought,andthiscomfortedhim.Hewasverymuchflatteredwhenaprominentcasecametohiscalendar;andashesatenthronedbeforethevariouslitigantsandlawyershefelt,asarule,verysignificantindeed.Nowandthensomesubtletyoflifewouldconfusehisreallylimitedintellect;butinallsuchcasestherewastheletterofthelaw.Hecouldhuntinthereportstofindoutwhatreallythinkingmenhaddecided.Besides,lawyerseverywherearesosubtle.Theyputtherulesoflaw,favorableorunfavorable,underthejudge’sthumbandnose."Yourhonor,inthethirty-secondvolumeoftheRevisedReportsofMassachusetts,pagesoandso,linesoandso,inArundelversusBannerman,youwillfind,etc."Howoftenhaveyouheardthatinacourtoflaw?Thereasoningthatislefttodoinmostcasesisnotmuch.Andthesanctityofthelawisraisedlikeagreatbannerbywhichtheprideoftheincumbentisstrengthened.

           Payderson,asStegerhadindicated,couldscarcelybepointedtoasanunjustjudge.

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