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Rh of hearing his lectures was eagerly seized. Story published all his treatises on the law, Almost immediately upon his appointment filling no less than thirteen volumes. as professor, the school changed its character Although it was the fame and ability of from a local to a national school of law. It Story which then gave to the Harvard Law became broader in its aims; it improved in School its impulse and which established its the quality of its instruction, and the attend national character, yet others contributed in ance grew larger. When, sixteen years later, no small measure to the high reputation death severed Story's connection with the which it won at this time. John Hooker University, the Law School numbered one Ashmun was a man of extraordinary legal hundred and sixty-five students, representing acumen; and upon his early death, in 1833,

nearly every State in Simon Greenleaf, then the Union. During reporter of decisions the same period the for the Supreme law library increased Court of Maine, was so rapidly that, after appointed Royall Pro a few years, it sur fessor of Law. Greenpassed any in Amerileaf had already dis ica. Between 1829 tinguished himself at and 1845 nearly the bar by his critical thirty thousand dol discrimination of legal lars were expended principles, and for fif by the Law School teen years he brought in the purchase of these mental faculties books, and it received to bear with great ef in addition Samuel fect upon his work as Livermore's collec a teacher of law. In tion of works on the the performance of his Civil Law, which is duties as professor he said to have been the prepared the work on most valuable collec "Evidence," which was published in 1842 tion of its kind in this country. In 183 1 and soon won for him Mr. Dane offered to a reputation in every JOEL PARKER. advance funds to en country where the able the College to common law is ad supply a separate building for the Law De ministered. His learned edition of " Cruise partment. Dane Hall was erected in 1832; on Real Property " appeared after he became but the growth of the school soon necessi Emeritus professor. tated extensive additions, which were com The method of instruction prevailing at pleted in 1845. The prosperity of the school the Law School during this period was in was so great that in spite of the purchases many respects similar to that which had been for the library and the enlargement of Dane practised during the earlier years of its exist Hall, there had accumulated at the time of ence. Professor Ashmun's instruction was Judge Story's death a surplus of over fifteen mainly by recitations adding informal expla thousand dollars. How well he had per nations where it was deemed necessary. formed the duty imposed by Mr. Dane to Judge Story taught mainly by lectures, and revise his lectures for publication may be resorted rarely to questioning students. Pro seen from the fact that during this period fessor Greenleaf adopted the same method.