There are two methods by which the Student
may attain this necessary object, viz. — by writing
and speahing. It is in one or both of these forms
that he will be required in his after-life to employ
the knowledge he has obtained from Books; and it
is not until he begins to make a practical use of
his acquirements that he plumbs the depth, and
measures the extent, of his knowledge ; that he
learns how much of it is substantial, and, above all,
how it is to be applied in practice.
He must use the pen often and fearlessly ; for it
is by the pen that he will discover the defects in
the lessons which the eye has conveyed. First,
fearless of the name of drudgery, which idleness
has affixed to it, let him copy with his own hand
all the forms used in aU proceedings at Law or in
Equity. This, at the first glance, may appear a
needless expenditure of time and toil; but a Httle
reflection will discover its worth. It is with these
processes that he will have to deal continually in
the course of his practice. He will have a very
vague conception of them from any mere descrip-
tion that could be conveyed in words. A moment's
inspection of the form itself, and a careful copy of

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