EL WEBSTER.

The extraordinary public services of Daniel Webster, as one of the most
eminent statesmen of this or of any other country, cannot be adequately
estimated. Hence, whatever illustrates his public life, and especially
his private character, will never cease to be invested with a degree of
interest which attaches to few other public men. So much of disparaging
statements in reference to Mr. Webster has been unjustly and, perhaps,
thoughtlessly put in circulation, that we deem it a privilege to publish
elsewhere an article presenting trustworthy evidence tending to correct
whatever false impressions may still exist. At the Webster Centennial
Dinner in Boston, in January, 1882, under the auspices of the Dartmouth
College Alumni Association, among other able addresses, one by Hon.
Edward S. Tobey was especially remarkable for the evidence produced as
to Mr. Webster's religious opinions, which, unsought, had come to his
knowledge during a period of forty years. Mr. Tobey, upon request, used
the material facts of this address in the preparation of an article for
this Magazine. In this connection it is of interest to recall the fact
that Mr. Tobey united with President Smith, during the administration of
the latter, in efforts for the founding of a Webster Professorship at
Dartmouth College, and was the first donor to the fund, contributing
$5,000. In the year just ended (1885) the endowment reached the sum of
$50,000, and the professorship was established.

THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL.

BY BENJAMIN R. CURTIS.

A distinguished member of the Boston Bar was recently asked by a younger
professional brother what he considered the most valuable acquirement a
young man could possess for the successful practice of the law. He at
once replied, "To be able to tell your clients what _to do_." This was
the purpose for which the Boston University Law School was founded; this
has been the constant aim of its teachings; and the selection of
practitioners for instructors, coming fresh from consultations with
their clients, and from sharp contests in the court-rooms, has been made
from the first with the endeavor to set before the students live men,
who could tell them what to do and how to do it.

If students could be more frequently brought face to face with the
living heroes of the law, the zeal for careful work and laborious study
would be fanned almost into enthusiasm. To follow the complex details of
a diff