Eulogy on Chief-Justice Chase /

An alumnal address honors the life and public career of a recently deceased chief justice by tracing his family origins, rural upbringing, and formative education, and by crediting a mother's sacrifice and an uncle's patronage for his advancement. The speaker recounts the subject's steady professional rise, wide public service, and numerous honors while rejecting excessive eulogy or defensive vindication. Emphasis falls on the college's role in shaping character, the harmony of inherited virtues with public duty, and the connection between personal qualities, historical occasion, and the lasting example his legal and civic labors leave for future generations.