Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; . ass of 1817 atYale, of which he was for some time the oldest living gradu-ate, retaining remarkable vigor till his death in his ninety-fourth year. Of very fine personal appearance, and noblecharacter, witty, charitable, and courteous, he was indeed afine specimen of the gentleman of the old school. The career of Judge Morrison R. Waite, the son of JudgeHenry M. Waite, took him to Toledo, Ohio, and thence toWashington; but he always bestowed much time and affec-tion on his native town. He early became eminent in Ohio,a
Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; . ass of 1817 atYale, of which he was for some time the oldest living gradu-ate, retaining remarkable vigor till his death in his ninety-fourth year. Of very fine personal appearance, and noblecharacter, witty, charitable, and courteous, he was indeed afine specimen of the gentleman of the old school. The career of Judge Morrison R. Waite, the son of JudgeHenry M. Waite, took him to Toledo, Ohio, and thence toWashington; but he always bestowed much time and affec-tion on his native town. He early became eminent in Ohio,and was active in reforming the Constitution of that most memorable service was as one of the United StatesArbitrators at the Geneva Tribunal in 1871, with Evartsand Caleb Cushing. It was remarkable that the wheel of Fortune should bringtogether on so momentous an occasion two members ofYales famous class of 37, Evarts and Waite. Judge Waitesclear logic and his comprehension of international law madehim a worthy member of the great trio, and won the approval 854. ^^^..^^ CONNECTICUT AS COLONY AND STATE of the country and the Government. When President Grantappointed him Chief Justice of the United States SupremeCourt, his choice was amply justified. Through the fourteenyears of his terms as Chief Justice, he settled many questionsof the greatest importance to human rights of life, liberty,and property; and in the unhappy years following the Re-construction period, the South learned to value aright hisimpartial justice. He had the judicial fairness, the power ofholding himself in perfect balance, unswerved by personal orpolitical considerations, combined with the veneration for thehigh position which he held that we associate with the idealjudge; and of him it was truly said that he took the SupremeCourt out of politics. A difference in the quality of mind andstandard of action between him and his great associate, Ste-phen Field, may be detected in Waites firm refusal t
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