. The boyhood and youth of Joseph Hodges Choate. -=^ [ 133 1 Among this group my senior found a fitting placein the legal world and was constantly engaged in themost vigorous kind of work. I regret very much thatalthough fifteen years have passed since his death noadequate memoir of Mr. Evarts has as yet been pro-duced, and the number of those who knew him wellis rapidly diminishing. Taking him for all in all, hewas the quickest-witted man that I have ever knownon either side of the water, and in the course of along life I have met many of the foremost men ofintellect and action, both here and
. The boyhood and youth of Joseph Hodges Choate. -=^ [ 133 1 Among this group my senior found a fitting placein the legal world and was constantly engaged in themost vigorous kind of work. I regret very much thatalthough fifteen years have passed since his death noadequate memoir of Mr. Evarts has as yet been pro-duced, and the number of those who knew him wellis rapidly diminishing. Taking him for all in all, hewas the quickest-witted man that I have ever knownon either side of the water, and in the course of along life I have met many of the foremost men ofintellect and action, both here and in Great could possibly escape him, and his mindseemed to flash instantaneously, no matter what wasthe subject that engaged his attention. He was ex-ceedingly fortunate, too, in being at the height ofhis powers during the most interesting period of ourhistory, and it so happened that four or five of thegreatest and most interesting causes that have everengaged the attention of our courts came when hewas at the head of the profe
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