Howe could remain only a year in Connecticut ;
and at the expiration of this time, in the autumn
of 1806, he remdved to Stockbridge, and gained
admission into the office, the library, and the fam-
ily of Judge Sedgwick, who kindly presented him
with his tuition. The last year of preparation for
his profession was passed under these highly pro-
pitious circumstances, and many rich opportuni-
ties were afforded him for storing his mind with
much that lay beyond the immediate circle of his
pursuits. It was a season of pure and profitable
pleasure.
In August of the following year, Mr. Howe
was admitted to the bar. He had passed through
the time of preparation with singular fidelity and
success. The social habits of the day exposed
young persons to great moral dangers, and in the



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earlier part of his course he was brought into con-
tact with some very bad examples ; but he came
out of the fiery trial unscathed, his education well
begun. " I saw him," said Judge Parker, " just en-
tering upon his professional career, ardent in the
pursuit of knowledge, devotedly attached to the
study of the law, and determined to make it the
business of his life, as much for his love of it as a
science, as for the hope of its pecuniary rewards.
I was then struck with the simplicity and strength
of his character, his frankness, zeal, and ardor,
his kind and benevolent feelings, the manly inde-
pendence of his mind ; and I marked him as one
of the promising young men of the profession."

Mr. Howe commenced business at Stockbridge.
