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ing rapid in thought and comprehension, he acrimony — without ever acquiring an readily mastered the briefs of attornies; and enemy. His Irish blood made him com having in his novitiate imbued himself with bative; but his weapons were foils such as principles, and possessing the Baconian- an Admirable Crichton used, and he never advised ability to seek after knowledge not wielded a weapon of the style of the broad introactively obtained, he became apt at sword, battleax, or pike. The beginning of illustrating his statement of principles with the year 1852 found him fast wearing out

cases from the re his nervous organ ports. He depended ization. Social and politiical exactions, as much upon his plod as upon his combined with genius — may hap those of his profes more. He was so sion, so invalided conscientious as to him that during the undergo the labor summer of that year of fashioni n g his his physicians per own pleadings. In emptorily ordered due time politics him change of claimed him; and scene, with alterna tions of travel and he was chosen as rest. But their or an alderman, and soon became coun der came too late, sel to the corpora and in the summer tion; but he several he died while at Nice. His remains times declined leg islative or executive were returned to honors that would New York, where win him from his the newspapers of profession. He was the period bore full as a Whig a de witness to the fu nereal honors that votee of Webster and Clay; and were paid him by took, amid inces all classes. During sant legal toil, par much of his career ticipation both as a he had s u p e r i n local worker and tended the legal DAVID GRAHAM, JR. educati on of his speaker in the polit ical campaigns of the day. His services to younger brother, John, who early indicated his party in behalf of the campaign of the possession of logical and oratorical facul Tippecanoe and Tyler were recognized as ties, as an inheritance from his father. These able and effective. He was in social were carefully nurtured by the brother demand at public banquets and for David. There was the utmost fraternal public addresses He was always beloved affection between them; and throughout the of society as well as of Bar and Bench. life of John Graham, who survived the elder forty years, he was continually vaunting He was ever the courteous and pro nounced gentleman, and underwent a host praises, and indeed adoration, of David. If of legal conflicts — some tinctured with any criticism was made of his own methods,