Word: famed
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...With the fame of thy sons girded round...
...welcome death, that wafts the soul to fame...
AMONG the recent events of public interest which the Magenta is called to notice, is the death of the HON BENJAMIN R. CURTIS. Few of her sons have done more to reflect honor upon our Alma Mater than this eminent and distinguished jurist. His fame was national. The early promise he gave of great power and success in the profession he had chosen was more than fulfilled by what he achieved. The characteristics of his mind were clearness of apprehension, power of analysis, and breadth of comprehension, by which he mastered every subject submitted for his examination...
Lived a bishop of noble fame...
...position implies fair natural powers, trained intellect, good common-sense, habits of thought and reflection, diligence of research and preparation, strict integrity and honorable purpose." Such is the foundation for one who would be a successful lawyer. The prevailing idea that success is measured by the amount of fame a lawyer obtains was by no means favored, and, continuing, the lecturer paid great tribute to those who with painful diligence and labor have built up and established our system of Jurisprudence, in all its parts and details, into harmony and consistency, and made these accessible to others...