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in perfect form a rule for future guidance. Undoubtedly, in much of Lord Bowen's work as a judge no such great powers were called into play; but in those great cases where the discussion goes to the scientific and historical foundation of legal principles we witness the luminous effect of a powerful imagination at work among the dry bones of legal formulæ.
One may regret that Lord Bowen's labors did not fall into lines which would have given more general scope to his high powers; but, from all that I have been able to learn of his character, I am sure that he would consider his laborious life amply rewarded by the tribute of his friend and colleague, Mr. Justice Wright, who said that "he fulfilled the highest ideal of public justice."
Van Vechten Veeder.
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