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held for six years. He died in 1875, having Amos Dean was a born educator, organ been a lecturer in the Law School from its es izer, and manager. It was largely due to his tablishment to the time of his death. He was efforts that the school was organized and one of the ablest judges and one of the met with such extraordinary success. He most admirable judicial writers in the his was the business manager of it during his tory of our State. His opinions in the vol seventeen years' connection with it. Besides umes of Barbour and in the Court of Appeals being an accomplished lawyer, he had con are models of learning, judgment, and ex siderable literary acquirements and was pression. He rendered great service to the learned in medicine. His work on " Medical State by his advocacy Jurisprudence " and of the new system his extensive " His introduced by the tory of Civilization" Code of Procedure of are notable monu 1848, and by his nu ments to his learning merous opinions in and research. He was construction of it. In one of the most excel deed, he may well be lent of the race, a gentleman in the high called the great ju est sense, — courteous, dicial expounder of the Code.

His lectures genial, kind-hearted, on the Code, on evi and as simple and un dence, and on the con affected as a child. duct of trials were the After the lapse of most admirable and thirty years I recall useful, in my opinion, him with affection and ever delivered at the gratitude.1 Mr. Dean school. They were al knew how to manage ways extemporaneous, young men to perfec and illustrated from tion, for he was tact the wealth of his expe ful, hearty, humorous, and considerate. His rience. He cited very few authorities; he lectures were carefully himself was authority. and admirably writ ISAAC EDWARDS. His manner toward ten; but he was prone the students was pa to cite too many au ternal, and he attached them very strongly thorities, as it now seems to me. So con to him. His kindness followed them in a cise and striking was his expression of practical manner, as I can testify; for more principles, however, that I can recall some than once he responded very fully in writing of them in his very words to this day. He to my inquiries on knotty points. In person died in 1869. Judge Harris was a giant, but his shoulders were stooping; his complexion was swarthy, 1 If I may be pardoned a personal reminiscence, his hair long, his eyes were deep set and he was the first man to speak a word of praise and dark, his voice was grand and musical. His encouragement to me in my chosen profession, and manner of speaking was very dignified and he sent my graduating thesis — favoring the admis sion of parties as witnesses in their own behalf in deliberate, — the true senatorial manner. As civil actions — to the " American Law Register; " and he sat on the bench, he presented a won that magazine published it with a careful disclaimer derful likeness to Daniel Webster. of being committed to its doctrine!