corporation or any
other interest concerned in legislation. It is no doubt proper for a
lawyer to make a legal argument before a legislative committee in
behalf of clients. Nevertheless, I advise you not to do it. It is the
first step toward the disreputable form of lobbying. There is, of
course, perfectly proper and even necessary lobbying. But then _you_
are a lawyer, are you not?

We all know instances of brilliant lawyers and powerful men who have
thus sold their birthrights for messes of pottage. No matter how much
you need money, never accept a retainer or fee of any kind from any
corporation, person, or "interest" which really does not want your
active service, but in that manner is purchasing your silence.

Accept no employment except real, genuine employment for actual,
tangible, and honest work. Money obtained from any other kind of
employment is a loss to you in every way, even financially.

Think daily of the nobility and dignity of your profession. Remember
the great men that have adorned it and established the pillars of its
glory. They were gentlemen, men of learning, of breeding, of honor as
delicate as a woman's blush. Be you such, or leave the profession.

Keep in mind the lords of the bar. Resolve each morning when you awake
that, to the utmost of your efforts, you will strive to be one of
them--in learning full and thorough, in courtesy delicate, in courage
fearless, in character spotless, in all things and at all seasons the
true knight of Justice.

Finally, preserve your health, preserve your health, preserve your
health. Work, work, work. Cling to the loftiest ideals of your
profession which your mind can conceive. Do these; keep up your nerve;
never despair; and success is certain, distinction probable, and
greatness possible, according to your natural abilities.

VI

PUBLIC SPEAKING

"And the common people heard him gladly," for "he taught them as one
having authority." These sentences reveal the very heart of effective
speaking. Considered from the human view-point alone, the Son of Mary
was the prince of speakers. He alone has delivered a perfect
address--the Sermon on the Mount.

The two other speeches that approach it are Paul's appeal to the
Athenians on Mars Hill, and the speech of Abraham Lincoln at
Gettysburg. These have no tricks, no devices, no tinsel gilt. They do
not attempt to "split the ears of the groundlings," and yet they are
addressed to the commonest of the