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Imprimis: I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.

I am one of those unambitious lawyers who never addresses a jury, or in any way draws down public applause; but in the cool tranquility of a snug retreat, do a snug business among rich men’s bonds and mortgages and title-deeds.