Men of Mark in Georgia: A Complete and Elaborate History of the State from Its Settlement to the Present Time, Chiefly Told in Biographies and Autobiographies of the Most Eminent Men of Each Period of Georgia's Progress and Development, Volume 4William J. Northen A. B. Caldwell, 1908 - Georgia |
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... profession in Atlanta . Before he attained his majority , he was in possession of a lucrative practice . His rise was very rapid and he was identified with a number of important . In 1887 he was appointed by the Governor , with Judge ...
... profession in Atlanta . Before he attained his majority , he was in possession of a lucrative practice . His rise was very rapid and he was identified with a number of important . In 1887 he was appointed by the Governor , with Judge ...
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... profession which he would be compelled to abandon . Considering the matter fully , however , he came to view the call from the people of his State as one which he could not disregard . Upon announcing that he would make the cam- paign ...
... profession which he would be compelled to abandon . Considering the matter fully , however , he came to view the call from the people of his State as one which he could not disregard . Upon announcing that he would make the cam- paign ...
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... profession was immediate , and he quickly assumed a ranking place as a trial lawyer in both the State and Federal courts . He possessed ora- torical talents of a high order , as well as legal learning ; and these soon led him into the ...
... profession was immediate , and he quickly assumed a ranking place as a trial lawyer in both the State and Federal courts . He possessed ora- torical talents of a high order , as well as legal learning ; and these soon led him into the ...
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... profession , except during that part of his life given to the Confederate service as a soldier . He has never sought or desired judicial or political office , but he has freely given his time , his talent , his money and his experience ...
... profession , except during that part of his life given to the Confederate service as a soldier . He has never sought or desired judicial or political office , but he has freely given his time , his talent , his money and his experience ...
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... profession in Augusta . He never cared to practice on the criminal side of the court , but devoted himself almost exclu- sively to civil cases . For this he was singularly gifted by his judicial temperament , his wonderful memory , his ...
... profession in Augusta . He never cared to practice on the criminal side of the court , but devoted himself almost exclu- sively to civil cases . For this he was singularly gifted by his judicial temperament , his wonderful memory , his ...
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Page 7 - Macon, from which date he has actively continued the same both in the State and Federal courts; was frequently a member of State Democratic conventions; was president of the State Democratic convention in 1880, and was delegate from the State at large to the national Democratic convention in Chicago in 1884; in 1868 he was elected Presidential elector (Seymour and Blair) on the Democratic ticket; in 1871 was elected to the Georgia house of representatives, of which body he...
Page 302 - ... was displayed in a certain quaint shrewdness and sarcasm with which his conversation abounded, though rarely taking an offensive form. He could pay compliments as pointed as his sarcasm. Moore has recorded the pleasure he derived from one of Rogers's remarks — " What a lucky fellow you are ! Surely you must have been born with a rose on your lips and a nightingale singing on the top of your bed.
Page 156 - The world can never give The bliss for which we sigh ; 'Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die.
Page 260 - All things are literally better, lovelier, and more beloved for the imperfections which have been divinely appointed, that the law of human life may be Effort, and the law of human judgment, Mercy.
Page 80 - He wrote and revised; revised and re-wrote, and again he revised. And, of course, he wrote great opinions. It is impossible to say which was the greatest. The compiler of "Great Decisions by Great Judges...
Page 303 - ... and when he died he was literally loving a nation into peace. Fit and dramatic climax to a glorious mission, that he should have lived to carry the South's last...
Page 326 - NJ , graduating from the latter in 1869; studied law and was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of his profession in Lowville in 1873; in 1885 was elected to the State senate from the district consisting of Lewis, St.
Page 402 - Nashville, was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of law at Clarksville in 1843.
Page 375 - He knew how to say and how to do the right thing, at the right time, in the right way. This was the sum of him ; there was no more.
Page 211 - It is not only by doing the right thing, but by doing the right thing in the right way, and at the right time, that we achieve the great triumphs of life.