He wrote two admirable law-books,
one on easements, and one on real property. Little & Brown
said his book on easements had the largest sale of any law-
book ever published in this country up to its time. He was
a popular and useful Professor in the Harvard Law School.
He gave a great deal of study to the history of Massachusetts,
and was the author of some valuable essays on historical questions,
and some excellent discourses on historical occasions. He
left no duty undone. Edward Hale used to say: "If you want
anything done well, go to the busiest man in Worcester to
do it--Emory Washburn, for example." He was grievously disappointed
that he was not appointed Judge of the Supreme Court when
Judge Thomas became a member of the Bench. A little while
afterward there was another vacancy, and Governor Clifford
took Merrick, another of Washburn's contemporaries and rivals
at the bar, although Merrick was a Democrat, and the Governor,
like Washburn himself, was a Whig. This was almost too much
for him to bear. It took place early in the year 1853. Mr.
Washburn sailed for Europe a few weeks after, and felt almost
like shaking off the dust of his feet against Massachusetts
and the Whig Party.
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