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There is a bust of him in the Supreme Court room. The State of Virginia owns a portrait, as does also Kentucky; the latter is kept at Frankfort, the capital. A good likeness belongs to the Washington and Lee University, and a very handsome one to the Bar Association of New York. It was the gift of one of New York's prominent lawyers, and hangs in their rooms. There are many others, too numerous to mention. The fund for the beautiful monument at

the entrance to the Capitol grounds at Wash ington City was begun by the Bar of Phila delphia soon after his death. The statue was made by William Story, so the son per petuated in bronze the features of the man his father loved. The Bar Association of Philadephia owns a portrait painted by Inman. He was the first President of the Wash ington Monument Society, and a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.

FORGIVENESS.

"X/OUR clemency has taught us to believe And now the most offended shall proceed In great forgiving, till no laws we need. For law's slow progresses would quickly end, Could we forgive as fast as men offend. Revenge of past offenses is the cause Why peaceful minds consented to have laws : Yet plaintiffs and defendants much mistake Their cure, and their diseases lasting make; For to be reconciled, and to comply, Would prove their cheap and shortest remedy : The length and charge of law vex all that sue; Laws punish many, reconcile but few. — Davenant.
 * It wise, as well as virtuous, to forgive.