HOW TO GET STRONG
MR. JUSTICE DENMAN
Of another, the son of a judge of great name, the famous Lord Denman, the Law Gazette, September 17, 1891, says: "To see Mr. Justice Denman in court disposing of the business before him with the rapidity and ease which pay an eloquent tribute to the endurance of his exceptional mental, as well as his remarkable physical powers, is to derive, without further knowledge, no idea of the length of his career. His years sit lightly on him; the strong, handsome face does not proclaim his age; nor his robust form the fact that he is the senior Judge of the Queen's Bench Division. He is truly a veteran in the ranks of lawyers. He began his legal career in 1846. He has been on the Bench nineteen years; and from the time that he made his first appearance in wig and gown, he has labored hard in his vocation. Son of the first Lord Denman, eighteen years Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench; born in 1819; graduating in Cambridge; in his career at the Bar he gained a reputation for sound learning and unceasing industry. He has in a high degree the power of expressing very clearly his views; his grasp of facts being exceptionally firm; but he never was an eloquent speaker, though his voice is one of the finest heard in the courts. His judicial career is admired by every one acquainted with it. He has always been a most excellent judge in his knowledge of the world, as well as of the law."
A scholar and a poet, he trained his body too.
"At Cambridge he was one of the best-known men in the University; and Trinity College was justly proud of him; for in the realms of learning and in the arena of athletics he greatly distinguished himself. His achievements with the oar have caused his name to he enshrined in the athletic annals of the University. He rowed twice in the Cambridge eight, and did much to advance its reputation. He has presided over the dinner held after the great race more often than any living man; and a better chairman could not be imagined; his love of the river
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