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Excerpt from William H. Seward as a Lawyer: Review of His Legal Career, Description of Some of the Important Trials in Which He Was Engaged William H. Seward had many qualities that insure eminence at the bar. He was a finished classical scholar and an assiduous legal student. A minute and rapid observation, a memory at once retentive and ready, a mind enlarged by immense reading, capable of tireless exertion were among his fortunate attributes. Reflection presided over all his mental efforts, rendering them practical and effective, though often, in striving to be accurate, he became too specific and prolix. Judge Esek Cowen, who always held Mr. Seward in high esteem, once said: "William H. Seward is one of the most effective reasoners at the bar, rendered so by the correct manner in which he demonstrates his legal problems; but he is sometimes thought obscure from the intellectual effort required to follow him." As a speaker at the bar, in the Senate and popular assembly, he was not distinguished for showy oratorical graces, which often give a speaker of inferior mental qualities ephemeral popularity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.