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Boston University Law School. he to-day king in Massachusetts! " Mr. chusetts, which position he held until 1859. Paine was among the first lecturers at the Though on the bench less than six years, he school, and retired in 1884 on account of gained a reputation as a jurist of the highest poor health. Those who enjoyed the privi character. After his retirement from the lege of hearing his lectures will not soon bench he again devoted himself to the prac forget them or the manner of their delivery. tice of his profession, in which he gained His subject was not an easy one to present renewed successes and the respect and love in a clear or attractive form, but Mr. Paine of all his brethren at the bar. He was very succeeded in doing both. Up to the last fond of young men, and was glad to be

year of his lectures brought into contact he never used notes, with them by his work manuscript, or text at the school. His book, but, coming into hour was always an the hall promptly at ticipated by the stu his assigned time, he dents with pleasure; would at once begin he brought sunshine the delivery of his lec with him, and seemed ture, and for an hour to regard the students would speak without as his companions and the slightest hesita equals. He threw his tion upon the most whole soul into his intricate topics in a lecture, and enlivened manner which showed it with many anec his entire familiarity dotes and practical with the subject and suggestions from his his wonderful mem own large experience. ory. He rarely cited He was in the habit cases, and this pecu of closing his course liarity rendered it each year with a brief necessary for the in exhortation by way of encouragement to pre structor in the recita tion room to supple pare the students for ment the lectures with the disappointments which he knew would more or less citations. MELVILLE M. BIGELOW Judge Benjamin F. attend their early days Thomas, whose death of practice. The last in September, 1878, deprived the school of words the writer ever heard him utter were his valuable services, had lectured upon Wills at the close of his lectures for 1877, and from the first. He was born in Boston in were facetiously given as an epitome of his 181 3, and entered Brown University when a advice to his hearers : " Charge, Chester, little more than thirteen years of age While charge! On, Stanley, on!" Another lecturer whose services have been in college he showed great brilliancy and in tellectual strength, and in his discussions in lost to the school is the Hon. John Lowell, the class-room with the celebrated Dr. Way- for many years Judge of the United States District Court for Massachusetts, and after land he is said to have astonished his in structor by his wonderful power. In 1853, wards made Judge of the First Circuit. when less than forty years of age, he was His subject was Bankruptcy; but when the appointed to the Supreme Bench of Massa- United States Bankrupt Law was repealed 9