He Who "Would Be a Great Lawyer" "Must First Consent to Become a Great Drudge"

A nice line from Daniel Webster, quoted by Judge Joshua Wolson (E.D. Pa.) July 8 in Estate of Funkhouser v. Delaware County. As Judge Wolson notes, this is because "Lawyering requires care and attention to detail."

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[minus the clever name]

Many nowadays avoid the drudgery of the natural law (cf the infamous disgraceful Biden grilling Clarence Thomas...You know , and I know but these people don't know....) , the 18-20 state constitutions from which the Bill of Rights were mined ( I here exempt the great work of Donald S Lutz) and the religion intersection with law that Beckwith and Witte and Hadley Arkes.

Next semester I am teaching about the history of law and the philosophy of law , to Philosophy majors. Will report back