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THE GREEN BAG

essential as the crowning virtue of every advocate, that of having conducted the functions of his great profession with un sullied and untarnished honor. My noble and learned friend Lord Brougham, whose words are the words of wisdom, said that an advocate should be fearless in carrying out the interests of his client; but I couple that with this qualification and this restriction that the arms which he wields are to be the arms of the warrior and not of the assassin. It is his duty to strive to accomplish the interest of his clients per fas but not per ncfas; it is his duty to the utmost of his power to seek to reconcile the interests he is bound to maintain and the duty it is incumbent upon him to discharge with the eternal and immutable interests of truth and jus tice." I believe that in his forensic experience

Judge Dickinson has endeavored to approxi mate this high standard. He enjoys the esteem of the members of his profession in the city and state where he lives and in the State of Tennessee where he has practiced, as also of the large number who know him among the Bar of the entire country. Yet in the full prime of vigorous manhood, he has accomplished much and will yet accomplish more. We of the Chicago Bar feel a just pride in the conspicuous recognition of his high abilities and fine character by his selection to the presidency of the American Bar, and we feel also the utmost confidence that he will worthily maintain the traditions which attend upon this high office. Chicago, III., September, 1907.