The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . ons of those jurists whose names and fameadorn the pages of history, in his philosophical spec-ulations and in his literary tastes. His eloquencedoes not come from the lurid light of the midnightlamp, nor from his brilliant imagination, nor fromartificial arrangement for dramatic effect, but fromthe heart. It is heartfelt and heart-respondent;it is the omnipotence of truth in defiance of false-hood ; it is the voice of God incarnate in man; andwhether heard in withering denunciations
The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . ons of those jurists whose names and fameadorn the pages of history, in his philosophical spec-ulations and in his literary tastes. His eloquencedoes not come from the lurid light of the midnightlamp, nor from his brilliant imagination, nor fromartificial arrangement for dramatic effect, but fromthe heart. It is heartfelt and heart-respondent;it is the omnipotence of truth in defiance of false-hood ; it is the voice of God incarnate in man; andwhether heard in withering denunciations of cor-ruption and vice, or in thrilling appeals to patriot-ism and honor, or in the melting tones of tendernessand pity, it is nature that stirs to action — it is thespirit of God within. Talent and genius, the constructive and creativepowers of the intellect, are happily blended in Mr. But-lers mental character. Without the eccentricities ofgenius or the idiosyncrasies of temperament, his mindis stored with the axioms of science, the maxims of law,the learning of philosophy and the gems of THE UNITED STATES BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. 455 This portrait would be incomplete if it failed torecognize another trait in the character of Mr. But-ler, which gives to it its highest charm. It is thatof modesty, manifesting itself in his unconsciousnessof the possession of superior powers, and in his rec-ognition of them in others. His dignified deportment commands the respectof his fellow-men, his courteous civilities enlist theirsympathies. He is, in the fullest sense of the term,a well-bred gentleman — the highest type of charac- ter known to modern civilization. Thus endowedhe avoids the common paths of notoriety and seeksno plaudits from the multitude, yet his merits are somanifest that he commands equally the respect andthe esteem of all classes. He has an only son, who recently completed hiseducation in a German university, now studyinglaw in the city of Milwaukee,
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