Judge Howe was characterized from the begin-
ning by a large mind, capacious enough to em-
brace the many sides of the subjects that present-
ed themselves to his attention. In thorough, com-
plete investigations he loved to exercise himself,
and, unlike many who are able to take compre-
hensive views, he was singularly free from indif-
ference, or a want of confidence in our ability to
discover, at least, a valuable portion of truth. He
was an Eclectic without being a Pyrrhonist. Un-
like too many who profess to find truth every-
where, he did not end in finding it nowhere. He
did not exhaust the whole power of his intellect in
weighing objections, difficulties, and negations.
