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School from a bequest of Benjamin Bussey, or less examination thereon. On Jan. 6, 1870, Christopher Columbus Esq. Like his colleague, Professor Parsons, Washburn soon became favorably known Langdell became Dane Professor of Law, both as a lecturer and as a legal writer. — an event which, like Story's appointment Probably no instructor at the Law School to the chair forty years before, marks an epoch in the history of the school and of was ever more generally loved by his stu dents. While at the bar every client's cause legal education. In external conditions two men could hardly have differed more widely

had been his own; and as a professor he iden than Story and Lang tified himself in the dell at the time each same manner with his entered upon his du pupils, — their hopes ties as an instructor and successes were of law. Story had a his; their fears he national reputation; sought to dispel by warm words of en at the early age of thirty-two he had couragement. His been appointed one works on the "Amer of the judges of the ican Law of Real highest court in the Property " and on land; he had been the " American Law tendered the Chief of Easements," re newing their youth Justiceship of Massa with each new edition chusetts; his official position, his family by the aid of able annotators, are still the connections, and his leading books of ref social qualities had erence on those sub secured for him the jects in America. acquaintance of the During the twentymost prominent men five years following of this country; he the death of Judge was the pride of New Story, the attendance England; the Uni THEOPHILUS PARSONS. at the school fluc versity was honored tuated considerably, when he accepted the owing partly to the war, partly to the compe professorship at the Law School. Langdell, tition of law schools which were organized on the other hand, was almost unknown; he elsewhere in large numbers, and partly, per had held no public office; at the bar of haps, to other causes. The highest number New York, of which for more than fifteen of students (one hundred and seventy-six) was years he had been a member, not many reached in January, 1860; the lowest (sixty- 1 could be found who had even heard of him; nine), in July, 1862. In the year 1869-1870 he had rarely been seen in the courts; in the attendance at the school was one hun Boston there were few to whom his name dred and fifteen. The method of instruction j was known. But some of the leaders of the during this period remained substantially the New York Bar had discovered his ability, same as that which was practised under and there were some other lawyers of promi Judge Story and Professor Greenleaf; namely, nence both there and in Boston who remem oral lectures illustrating and explaining a bered that, nearly twenty years before, there 3