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The student who takes Up the study of law t r the purpose of later engaging in the practice of law as a profession should have a mind capable of logical analysis. A g <d memory, an untiring industry are not sufficient; the student must be able to apply legal reasoning to the solution of the questions submitted to him or he will fail as a lawyer. H e must have the ability to think independently, to r ison accurately. Law is made Up of formal rules and precedents, but if the system is to live it must grow. The demand for lawyers of constructive ability is greater in this than in any other age. The law student should be of a practical turn of mind. The lawyer is called upon to solve the problems born of th< struggle between conservative and radical fore he should be of so practical a turn of mind that he can get away from old worn-out precedents, and at the same time not try to demolish the entire structure of legal machinery. The ideali the extremist, the socialist should not try to be a law r. The law student should ha\ the power of n * expression, both in writing and in Bpe< li. This ability i ( course, largely a matter of cultivation, but there ihould 1 C > som natural talent, i p< ially if the student h unbir US tO

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