Excerpt from Life Sketches of Eminent Lawyers, American, English and Canadian: To Which Is Added Thoughts, Facts and Facetiae; In Two Volumes He is now professor of constitutional law and public and private international law at the Colum bian University, Washington, D. C. He was recently arbitrator with Senator Morgan on behalf of the United States, in the Behring Sea case at Paris in which connection, the London Spectator said Justice Harlan has shown that he would no more lean. Toward America, than he would toward the side of his own State in a case argued before him in the Su preme Court at Washington. Before coming to the bench he had acquired wide celebrity as an orator, and was known as one of the ablest lawyers in Ken tucky. Of strong, vigorous constitution, he has grown yearly in judicial reputation. Is careful in preparation, clear in style, select in the use of words, and prompt in decision. He has delivered 465 de cisions (95-154 U. Including 79 dissents, the most notable being the Civil Rights cases (109 U. S., in which he held the deprivation of the rights involved was an incident of slavery. In every Opinion in volving private rights he has exhibited a desire to wipe away technicalities preventing equity and justice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.