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Show fByth?Voy (Copy'rigkt. H21. Nerth American Newspaper AUIanea., , Lincoln' Theory About Lawyers' Fees ' ' Ai for hie lawyar'a feea, the? were eurtalled - eeriouelr by Lin-raln'a Lin-raln'a Ufvlong concern . that ha ahould not r.eelve aay mora for a thins thaa th service waa worth, wrltea 14a M. Tarball. amlnant Lincoln Lin-coln hlitorlan. In tha American Magaalne. Ha aeeme to have etart-ad etart-ad out with thla hampering prlnel- Kla. yat with thla aall-lmpoaad annlcap Lincoln left aa aatata worth mora than I le.ton. owing (a hla hahlt of aavla. Hla thaory about faaa and thalr eolleetloaa waa thua claarly daflncd by him: "An exerlrllant faa ahould never ba claimed. Aa a (anaral nil. I never tana your whola faa In ad-1 rence. nor any mora than a amall retainer. .Whaa fully paid before-hand, before-hand, rou aro mora than a common com-mon mortal If you can fcl the'earne litt.reet In th caaa aa If eometnlng waa atlll la proapoct for you aa all aa far your cllaat. And whn you lark Intaraat In tha caaa tha Job will ycry llktly lark aklll and dlllaranca In tha parforannava. Split tha amount of fa and taka a nota li advanr. Then you will fl that row mrm wofktnp; far Bnmjrmtn, and you at aur to do your work faithfully faith-fully and wall. Nrr aall a faa rata at laaat not bafora th con-aldcratlon- la parformad. It taada to naailsenc and dlahonaaty nea llBanca by loalna; Intarcat In tha caaa, and diahonaaty In rafualna; to rafund whan you hava allow 1 tha conaldratlon to fall." On of th aaddaat airht la th wrrld la an ardnt prohlbU llonlat dtprlrd of th klcic af-for1d af-for1d by hla moralna; cup of rnfrr.Kltchnr (Unt.) Ually Record. |