Author, U: Case and Comment, Vol. 17

Excerpt from Case and Comment, Vol. 17: The Lawyer's Magazine; June 1910, to May 1911Providence permitting, Charles E. Hughes will be a power in shaping Amer ican institutions long after the President that named him has retired from public life, and the ephemeral questions that vex our political life have been settled or forgotten. He must have given due val ue to such considerations when he made a personal financial sacrifice to accept the appointment. It is said on good authori ty that he could have commanded yearly fees amounting to by returning to private practice. To prefer, under such circumstances and from a sense of public duty, a judgeship paying but per year, is characteristic of the man.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.