| Show A good after dinner speech jc chet synch t tb nw awk commac Comm rc tha tenth toast was the bench and alie bar blessed are the peace makers great laughter joseph 11 choate responded in a witty speech in tho course of which he I dont intend to speak a sober word to it is doubtful whether I could laughter I dont know bill ingi or henry F spaulding who said coara of laughter langh ter that there is no substitute for wisdom and that the next best thing is silence yet I can not take without repudiating some of the gloomy views expressed by my predecessors the rev dr bellows told us that there is a growing distrust in the american heart I of the permanency of american institutions dr bellows interrupting I did not say any such thing great laughter mr choate I leave the matter to your recollection gentlemen of the jury laughter lam perfectly willing that the doctor should regarding any institution of bis own but not in regard to one of mine laughter dont believe that any body of merchants with as full stomachs as yours can harbor any distrust of the institution I represent laughter senator biarne deplored the low condition of the carrying trade we lawyers do our share of the carrying trade and in behalf of my brethren I repudiate his sentiments we are prepared to carry all you can heap upon us laughter lord bacon once said man owes a duty to his profession I can amend that by saying that every man in the community owes a duty to our profession and somewhere between the cradle and the grave he must acknowledge the liability and pay tho debt laughter you cant live and certainly you cant die lawyers A certain noted member of the new york bar once prepared to to take a trip to europe and bought his ticket but did not go on being asked isic replied ona of my wealthy clients has died and I am afraid if I went across the atlantic the heirs would get all of his property great laughter while our minister to berlin was speaking I did not observe that there were any responses to the call he made but I help thinking that a similar appeal in behalf of the institution I represent would be responded to in the immediate future when I look upon this and idle capital laughter I believe tho fortunes of lie bar are at their very beginning renewed laughter the future u all before u we have ho sympathy with communism but like the communists ts we have everything to gain and nothing to lose great laughter in regard to the rather remark ablo phraseology of the toast I believe the sentiment to be true if you devote yourself assiduously enough and long enough to our profession the result will be perfect peace for no one ever knew ft lawsuit if it was vigorously enough and eted long enough for anything to be left for the parties to quarrel over great laughter |
