text:  To a great _nisi prius_ lawyer accustomed during a long life to the discrimination of character in the way of his profession such a contrast as is presented by the repose and unobtrusive _politesse_ of high life compared with the _brusquerie_ of the world below must have been doubly delightful; and we are glad to have upon record the just and eloquent testimony to its existence and social value from so eloquent a pen