Notes for a Law Lecture

Discourage litigation.

Persuade your neighbors to compromise

when they can.

Point out to them how the nominal winner

is often the real loser ~

in fees, expenses and waste of time.

As a peacemaker,

the lawyer has a superior opportunity

of being a good man.

There will still be business enough.

Never stir up litigation.

A worse man can scarcely be found

than one who does this.

A moral tone ought to be infused into the profession

which should drive such men out of it.

There is a vague popular belief

that lawyers are necessarily dishonest.

Let no young man choosing the law for a calling

yield to the popular belief.

Resolve to be honest at all events;

And if in your own judgment

you cannot be an honest lawyer,

Resolve to be honest without being a lawyer.

Abraham Lincoln