Turn  the  right  boy  into  my  library,  or  into  youra,  with  the
proper  effort  and  ability  and  time,  and  he  can  come  out  aa  good
a  lawyer  aa  many  college  graduatea  and  better  atill.  It  can  be
done  without  the  law  school  and  I  aak  you  that  the  boy  who
fumiahea  the  proper  effort,  the  proper  ability  and  the  proper
character  and  producea  to  a  law  committee  or  a  court  that  which
is  the  equivalent  of  three  years  at  law  school,  let  him  come  to  the
Bar  aa  thoae  of  hia  predecessors  have,  for  the  purpose  of  entering
upon  a  career  that  may  be  a  benefit  not  only  to  himaelf,  but  to
the  community  in  which  he  Uvea.
W.  H.  Ellia,  of  Florida:

Mr.  Chairman,  I  will  offer  aa  a  aubatitute  the  following,  and
with  the  peimiaaion  of  the  Chair  I  will  read  what  I  have  pre-
pared.   It  is  not  my  purpose  to  offer  any  word  in  def enae  of  this


682  8PB0IAL  CONFEBBNOB  ON  LEGAL  BDUOATION.
