Legal Life and Humour (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Lightheartedness, indeed, may be said to be one of the main characteristics of Mr. Justice Darling. He seems to have entered upon his profession without serious thought. When I was young, he says, I was very idle, and my guardian asked me what I was going to do to earn my living. I think he gave me the selection of several unpleasant ways - all ways seemed unpleasant. I knew nothing about them, and so I said: Oh, very well, I'll be a solicitor,' and I began to be a solicitor; but it appeared to me after a short time that I might not be so idle as I wished. I made the acquaintance of a few other people, who said to me If you really wish to be completely idle, probably for the rest of your natural life, you had better be a barrister.' And so I became one, and I can assure you that for several years - indeed, for many years - I realised the height of my ambition.

Since then, My little Darling, as he was playfully called some years ago by the late Lord Brampton, has endeavoured to enliven the law with quips, jokes and epigrams, the bantering of plaintiffs, defendants and counsel, and, at times, his fellow judges. There are times when he looks and acts like a boy, never more so than when he leans back in his chair and joins in hearty laughter at some naive remark from the Bar or the witness box.

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