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diligence must stimulate the judgment to arrange in lucid order the princr * pies and facts presented to the memory by quick perception ; it will otherwise become a mere lumber-room , and nothing will be ready when it is wanted . But the quickest apprehension requires judicious direction to the proper objects of its attention . And in this respect you , gentlemen , have enjoyed great advantages in this place , not only in consequence of the foundation which you have laid of sound classical learning , but also in the extensive course through which you have been led of ancient and modern history : the mathematical sciences , also , have given you the opportunity of exercising your minds in the patient investigation of truth ; while the study of mental and moral philosophy , and the evidences of natural and revealed religion , has introduced you , we would hope , to some valuable acquaintance with your powers , your duties , and your expectations . But you must not rest in these preparatory studies . You will find that the languages of
Greece and Rome will still supply you with many excellent works , some of which it has been impossible to read at all , and others but cursorily , in this place , which yet will well reward your further attentive study of them , even in a professional point of view . The historians , orators and critics of both should now be studied with other more important references than formerly , as suggesting sound principles of government and legislation , and general political economy . The Roman law should be particularly studied , first as to its history , as it may be traced through Livy , Sallust , and Tacitus , and
illustrated in the writings of Cicero and the epistles of the younger Puny , and next as to its collected principles and rules in the Institutes of Justinian ; having first read the chapter on the Roman Law in Gibbon , and throughout availing yourselves of the helps furnished by Harris and Heineccius . You will find this study , though not strictly a proper part of the law of England , useful and even necessary , as forming , as it were , the basis of the civil and canon law , and particularly as being so much mixed with the law of wills and trusts .
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , perused with a certain degree of caution , will lead by an easy process to a good general idea of the formation of the modern states of Europe . At the same time it may be proper to read the Treatises of Robertson ( Vol . I . Ch . v . ) and
Stuart . Whether , previous to the distinct study of the constitutions of the modern states , and particularly the constitution and laws of our own country , it may not be proper to read some one or more of the best treatises on the Jaw of nature and nations , must depend on time and opportunity ; but it is certainly desirable at some time or other . Grotius is an admirable work on these subjects : Puffendorf is neither so elegant nor so entertaining ; but it is more exact and accurate , and full of excellent principles . Burlamaqui and Vattel are works of great authority at present . * In commencing the study of the laws of our own country , it is desirable to begin with some good constitutional history . It is well known that great
* In some more advanced period , the civil polity and government of the Jews may profitably engage the attention of the law student ; taking for helps the Treatise by Lowman on the Civil Government of the Hebrews , and the JMosaHsches Recht of Michaelis . The modern codes of Catharine , Frederick , Napoleon , and that more lately drawn up for Louisiana , will also suggest many useful ideas on the general theory of both civil and criminal jurisprudence .
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592 Advice on Entering the Profession vf the Lam .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1828, page 592, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2564/page/8/
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