But he had no other rival among judges
or commentators in this country,--few anywhere. He was unquestionably,
at the time of his death, the most famous teacher of law in
the civilized world. His associate professor, Greenleaf,
was an admirable lawyer, who, before he went to Harvard, had
had a great practice in Maine, and made some good arguments
in the Supreme Court of the United States. Judge Story was
succeeded by Chief Justice Joel Parker of New Hampshire, a
very eminent jurist, who was saturated with the old learning
of special pleading and real property. He would have been
a fit associate for Coke or Saunders, and would have held
his own anywhere with either.
There was nothing in the teaching of Latin or Greek to inspire
the student with any love of Greek or Latin literature. The
professor never pointed out its beauties or illustrated the
text in any way. The students, in succession, were called
upon to construe a few lines, reading one or two Greek words
and then giving their English equivalents. The time of the
good scholar was taken up in hearing the recitation of the
poor scholar and so very largely wasted.
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