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 Hilliard Streets, now (with much propriety) occupied by law students. Tradition asserts that when he wished to be alone he would take his massive beaver hat from its peg in the hall, and retire with it into his study; if a caller inquired for him, a glance at the empty peg showed he must have gone out!

Two portraits of Story hang in the school, both noticeable for the moon-like red face and its aspect of extraordinary benevolence, beaming upon the beholder through gold-bowed spectacles. One is irresistibly reminded of Mr. Pickwick. G. W. Huston, LL.B. 1843, says:

Greenleaf, indeed, was in many respects the exact opposite of his colleague. In the words of Professor Parsons:

Judge Story and Professor Greenleaf worked together harmoniously and successfully, and perhaps the more harmoniously