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and at the same time perpetuate his own fame. A million-dollar foundation or even half that sum to make possible

such enterprises as this and advance the science of jurisprudence could not but go on in its good work through the

centuries and place the donor in a far more immortal position than Justinian. The workers—the men who produce "the Books of the Law" would rank only

The unfortunate condition in which

the system for the administration of Justicebnow is, by reason of the unman ageable and rapidly increasing mass of authorities, is of course not known to the general public and perhaps never can be appreciated by them, for it mani

fests itself only in delays in the adminis tration of Justice and unintentional injustice in decisions of Courts. The

as did Tribonian; but the man who

public realize the results but do not

made such an undertaking possible,

understand and perhaps never can under stand the reasons. Hon. U. M. Rose of Arkansas, former President of the Ameri can Bar Association, and a representative of the United States government at the last Hague conference, writes :—

freeing it from the “perils of commer cialism” would assuredly stand as the Justinian through all time, and would be instrumental in putting in motion forces which would inﬂuence the juris prudence of the world throughout suc ceeding ages, just as has the work which

Justinian made possible. This thought has been well empha sized by a distinguished jurist, who, after a careful consideration of our plan, declares :— “The importance of the preparation and publication of a great ‘System of American Law’ should appeal to everyone who reveres Justice and has a right understanding of the practice of the two loves—love of God and love of man, the foundation on which all laws should be built. . . . "Love of God, of Justice and righteousness, of country, of their fellow men may secure a founder for the needed foundation. The fame which would forever attach to the name of the donor would be but a due and just reward. “What far-reaching an influence the work you contemplate will have upon the jurispru dence of our country and of the world, upon the administration of Justice and the develop ment of civilization everywhere, no one can now justly estimate. Conditions in China and the entire Orient, teeming with its hun dreds of millions, are but an illustration;

there an earnest effort is being made to estab lish a System of Justice, which will embrace the best features of that represented by Anglo-Saxon and western civilization. Think of the inﬂuence only in that limited ﬁeld of such a work as you, Andrews and Alexander have planned I"

“I am in hearty sympathy with your plan; and I approve it in all its details. The gentle men relied on to carry it into execution enjoy in the highest degree the respect and conﬁ dence of the profession; and I am of the opinion that the selection could not be im proved on. The work ought to have been done long ago. The state of the law at present is a disgrace to our profession."

There are several considerations, which

it is believed, if properly presented, would cause a philanthropist of large

means to view it as a most unusual privi lege to make possible the production of

such a work as this on a non-commercial basis, thereby insuring its being issued in the best possible manner.

Among

these the following may be mentioned:— 1. The proposed statement of the Ameri can Corpus luris would tend to bringr about uniformity between the diﬁerent states in the administration of Justice. 2. The publication 0! this work will make the administration of Justice more exact and enable the average citizen to secure cheaper and more speedy Justice. 3. The publication of the American Corpus luris, prepared in the way outlined, and representing as it would more than a century of not only the intellect and wisdom of the Federal Courts, but of the learned jurists expounding the law from the Benches of the