Excerpt from Address Before the Graduating Class of the Columbia College Law School, at the Academy of Music, New York, May 17th, 1882 The early years before a practice comes, are full of opportunity and danger. Some fall out from weariness and hopelessness. But there never yet was a man who deserved success, and doggedly and persistently pursued who did not win it. You willhear me yet, said Dis racli, as he sank into his seat amid the jeers and laughter of the House of Commons. It took years devoted to study in every department before the threat was aecom plished; But when recognition came, the man was so magnificently equipped that he stepped at once into and ever afterwards held, the leader's place. The despised Jew, rising to be the commander and oracle of the oldest and proudest of aristocracies', the prime minister of the most enlightened and powerful of empires, and a Peer of England, remains a bright beacon, lighting the way from exertion to triumph. But it is very difficult with no immediate motive or present incentive, to study and read while waiting for clients. It requires discipline and is discipline. It tests the question of fitness for the work of the profession. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.