Lex Anteinternet: Mark Twain

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Saturday, June 11, 2022

Moral Courage

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Mark Twain

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Thursday, April 21, 1910. Samuel Clemens passes.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, died at the age of 74 at his home in Redding, Connecticut.

His last word were written, being "Give me my glasses". He wrote them to his daughter.

Last edition:

Wednesday, April 20, 1910. Halley's Comet was visible to the naked eye for the first time since its return to the Solar System.

Labels: 1900s, 1910, Halley's Comet, Outer space

Sunday, October 15, 2000

Monday, October 15, 1900. Cancer questionnaire.

Questionnaires were sent to every physician in Germany in the first attempt to make a study on the prevalence of cancer.

Frontier Battalion Texas Ranger Lieutenant T. L. Fuller was murdered in an Orange, Texas barber shop. He'd be the last member of the Frontier Battalion killed in the line of duty, as it was disbanded in 1901, there no longer being a frontier.

North Dakota politician Alexander McKenzie was arrested in Alaska on a scheme to dominate the territory's gold fields.

Mark Twain returned to the US after ten years in Europe.

Last edition:

Tuesday, October 12, 1915. The execution of Edith Cavell.

Labels: 1880s, 1885, 1890, 1890s, 1910s, 1915, 1915 World Series, baseball, Belgium, Knights of Columbus, Mormon, Personalities, polyandry, polygamy, Porfirio Díaz, religion, the spoken word, Theodore Roosevelt

Thomas More, counsellor of law and statesman of integrity, merry martyr and most human of saints: Pray that, for the glory of God and in the pursuit of His justice, I may be trustworthy with confidences, keen in study, accurate in analysis, correct in conclusion, able in argument, loyal to clients, honest with all, courteous to adversaries, ever attentive to conscience. Sit with me at my desk and listen with me to my clients’ tales. Read with me in my library and stand always beside me so that today I shall not, to win a point, lose my soul. Pray that my family may find in me what yours found in you: friendship and courage, cheerfulness and charity, diligence in duties, counsel in adversity, patience in pain—their good servant, and God’s first. Amen

"Be at peace. Do not look forward in fear to the changes of life; rather look to them with full hope as they arise. God, whose very own you are, will deliver you from out of them. He has kept you hitherto, and He will lead you safely through all things; and when you cannot stand it, God will bury you in his arms. Do not fear what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you then and every day. He will either shield you from suffering, or give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imagination." St. Francis de Sales

Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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