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Excerpt from A Memoir of the Late Hon. Peter McCall (Chancellor of the Law Association of Philadelphia): Read Before the Association, at the Hall of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, on Thursday Evening, January 13, 1881
Think, sir, it speaks well for an association that has counted so many learned and distinguished men among its members that it has united as a body in this tribute of respect to the memory of the great and good man who has passed away - and that the people of Philadelphia have good reason to congratulate themselves upon the Opportunity your invitation has afforded them to testify by this distinguished representation to the value of his civic and patriotic services. But you have forestalled me, Mr. Chancellor, for you have pronounced yourself the highest eulogy upon him, when you said, in a sentence of rare and fitting estimation, that what was said of him while he was living could hardly be added to when he had died. Lknow of nothing more graceful by way of sentiment, or more felicitous in expression, than your chosen words: and I trust, sir, I may be allowed to congratulate you upon so just and eloquent a tribute to his incomparable worth and worthiness. When I said that I would take, what I doubted. 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.
