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Is it not possible that the mischief of un municipal. And especially does this apply desirable companionship, and the criminal to aliens who seek naturalization. Referring danger of meretricious novels, might be to this matter Walker writes: "Whatever checked, and a large amount of the rapidly may be said about subordinate branches, no increasing youthful crime be prevented if American citizen can hesitate about this. our youth were made acquainted with the; He can but poorly appreciate the freedom outlines of criminal law and the nature of ' he enjoys, who does not understand the crimes thereunder? Reverence for law in great charter which secures it. Lawyers must study it as the foundation of other law : stilled into the minds, of the youth, by ap propriate instruction on the meaning, history and shall not all citizens study it as a founda and office of law as one of the strong bul tion of their liberty?" warks of the Republic and of any civilized To intelligently exercise the privilege of community, would go far to diminish the suffrage; to preserve fresh and pure the ravages of lynch law, the widespread cor fountains of legislation; to uphold law and ruptions in politics and outbreaks of organ order against the agents of anarchy; to dis ized lawlessness. Nor need such instruc criminate between liberty and licentiousness; tion as is here suggested encroach upon to decide what is best for the commonweal the ground already occupied by the Law even though personal predilections, for the Colleges and Business Colleges of the time, have to be sacrificed; and if the call States. comes, to serve his fellow citizen in a munic As a general proposition it may be af ipal, state or federal office; and to acquit firmed that no citizen is qualified to wear the himself there honorably, with clean hands toga of citizenship, much less to measure and good conscience; to fill this program the dignity of his citizenship, unless he is an unswerving reverence for law and for the familiar with the constitution of his country constitution of his country engendered by a study of the same is all-important for the and the functions of the different depart ments of government, federal, state and citizen.