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THE GREEN BAG

of the requirements of his profession, and of the attainments necessary to grace and adorn the great lawyer. Men of such characters mav be retired, and in a degree removed from the associa tion of men and women at large, but if so, it is because the whole force of their intel lect is so frequently concentrated upon the weighty subjects with which they have to deal, and in which their whole mental pow ers may be absorbed. It has been said of many of the great men of the country whose names I might mention (but that would not serve any valuable purpose) that they are cold and reserved and distant. Neverthe less, such men, because they are great in intellect because they have the powers of

concentration that make them strong and useful, are apt to be all the more con genial with those whose companionship they seek in their hours of leisure. So James M. Woolworth with his friends possessed all the refinements of social life and the elegant qualities that made him a congenial and charming companion. There was something about him by which he impressed us as having a combination of New England tastes with metropolitan accomplishments, and the vigor and earnestness of expression, that is the result of western associations. Taking him all in all he was- a magnificent type of a refined, educated, dignified, and scholarly American citizen. OMAHA, NEB., July, 1906.