connections in another Circuit; in that we might
prosper ; here we are condemned to a life of hope-
less idleness."

This is vejy true, and it is to some extent an
evil ; but here, as in other cases, the evils on both
sides must be weighed. Is it not better that a few
should be inconvenienced thus, than that all should
be subjected to insecurity and deprived of the
stimulus to exertion which a reasonable assurance
of reward produces. Is it not better thus than that
the harmony of the whole Bar should be destroyed,
and a Profession, now conducted with the generous
rivalry of gentlemen, converted into a personal
strife, in which the vulgarest brawlers would obtain
the victory, because honourable men could not
compete with them in acts which they would have
no shame to practise? Besides, to you also the
regulation is an advantage; for you hope to rise in
your Circuit ; you look forward at least to a time
when you shall claim a place among the recipients
of its honours and rewards, and you should be
unwilling to hazard these, because your prospects
might possibly change in the meanwhile, and it
might happen that you have cause to regret your
choice, and find it advantageous to migrate.
