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...such a man fell into errours, it must be from defects not intrinsical ; they must be rather sought in the particular habits of his life; which, though they...not alter the ground-work of character, yet tinge it witli their own hue. He was bred in a profession. He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion,...

...such a man fell into errors, it must be from defects not intrinsical ; they must be rather sought in the particular habits of his life ; which, though...quicken and invigorate the understanding than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born,...

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...never was there advanced a charge so thoughtless and unwarrantable. " Mr. Grenville," said Burke, " was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one...quicken and invigorate the understanding than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in those who are happily born,...

...himself an orator and statesman of the most enlarged research, has not hesitated to declare, that it is " One of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a...invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together." f But there is little need to appeal to the testimonies of the living or the...

...such a man fell into errours, it must be from defects not intrinsical ; they must be rather sought in * the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born,...

...its studies, for he afterwards spoke CHAP. of it as one of the first and noblest of human AD 1765. sciences ; " a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together."* May he not have doubted his success, or felt impatient...

...age. Such a Statesman is thus delineated by the masterly hand of Burke:— " Mr. [George] Grenville was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one...quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of reasoning put together; but, it is not apt, except in persons very happily born,...

...speak of the members of the legal profession. It is Burke, I think, who says of the law, that " it is a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together, but which is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and liberalize...