Salad for the solitary and the social: . THE HUMOES OF LAW. Law, legally considered, and in hTief^ is jurisprudence,and this again may be distinguished as civil, ecclesiastical, andcriminal. But there are sundry other kinds of law; to wit:that which pertains to the universe at large, gravitation, andthe laws of physical, social, and civil life. Law is indeed in-dispensable to the well-being of society, since a lawless condi-tion is one of anarchy and confusion. Liberty is born oflaw^ for true liberty is the power of doing that which the lawpermits. But as there is a comic phase to most things,
Salad for the solitary and the social: . THE HUMOES OF LAW. Law, legally considered, and in hTief^ is jurisprudence,and this again may be distinguished as civil, ecclesiastical, andcriminal. But there are sundry other kinds of law; to wit:that which pertains to the universe at large, gravitation, andthe laws of physical, social, and civil life. Law is indeed in-dispensable to the well-being of society, since a lawless condi-tion is one of anarchy and confusion. Liberty is born oflaw^ for true liberty is the power of doing that which the lawpermits. But as there is a comic phase to most things, we find thateven the stern inflexible, and severe gravity of law is not with- 424: THE HUMORS OF LAW. out its ludicrous aspect. Let us glance at some of its humorsand absurdities; careful, meanwhile, that our pleasantries donot betray us into a lawsuit for libel or impeachment for con-tempt of court; albeit, neither might be in accordance withequity or justice. For much as we are disposed to revere themajesty of law, we would keep at a
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