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Show am. JUSTICE BROWN. MOOT POPULAR MEMBER OP THE SUPREME COURT. Ills Opinion, tlate, Thoaah Not Always In Areord with 1IU Colleague lotarlauljr I'lratril Ilia I'eopla at Large, f1 HOSB salient tex tures which are regarded re-garded as esteutlal In placing tbe record rec-ord of a man before tho public eye can Le briefly presented present-ed fn tbe csso ot Justice Henry 11. llrown, of tbe United Unit-ed Slate supreme bench. Ho waa buru t a, . , March Z, 1830, received re-ceived his preparatory education In the schools of hi own town, entered Yalo, graduating with the class ot 186.spent a year abroad In travet and the study of tho language, returned to take a degreo In the Harvard law department, and In I860 went to Detroit. For two years ho wo In the office of Walkers ft Ilusscll, when, April, 1801, he wa appointed deputy United States marshal mar-shal and assistant district attorney. Hut In these chronological details there Is conveyed but a vague Idea of Justice Jus-tice Ilrown'a admirable personality and raro attainments. Force ot character and marked ability are plainly Indicated, Indicat-ed, for without them he could not have advanced so steadily and with such rsptdlty to tbe crowning triumph ot his professional career, but ot that Individuality In-dividuality which distinguishes one successful man from another, little Is to be gathered, Hla character bear tho Impress of fortunate antecedents MIL JUSTICn DROWN. His father waa a successful manufacturer manufac-turer of great good Judgment and sound practical vlows. His mother was a cultured gentlewoman, glttcd by nature and highly educated. In the son these distinguishing traits of tho parents aro happily combined. No man could have been better equipped for the career upon which he entered. Ilecauio of thla he waa an Ideal college col-lege man, holding an enviable place In the esteem and a foremost position In the generous competition ot the das which graduated Chaunccy M Dcpew, David J, Urower and other men who have attained an International prominence. promin-ence. It Is needless to say that Justice Brown la a profound lawyer, becauas he brought to the study and pursuit of hla profession the broad and comprehensive com-prehensive grasp denoted In his character, char-acter, the advantages of a liberal elu-catlon, elu-catlon, untiring energy and a magnetic nature. In thorn qualities and acquirements, ac-quirements, augmented by experlenoo. his fltncsa tor the aucceaalve Judicial posltlona which he has Oiled Is even more oxceptlonnl. Ho la learned In all tb multiform aclcnco of hla profession, pro-fession, and In matters of marlllmo law hla decliloua have long been .held aa authority. In social life the Justice Is genial, pollened and adaptable, entirely en-tirely free from that allowing of erudition erudi-tion which so often serves to conceal the defecta of men In high positions. He has mental and moral courage ot the highest order, and nothing can deflect de-flect him from the courao which bo regard re-gard oa right. ' He I a Democrat In politics, first throwing his Influence to that party In tho campaign of 'OS, |