Word: lawyer
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...lawyer is trained to deal with the unscrupulous, and therefore he himself must be scrupulous. To be scrupulous means a good reputation and a good reputation in the law often spells success. The capitalists do not want men like themselves to take charge of their cases, but men whom they can trust, and they are willing to pay well for this sort of talent, hence the reason why a lawyer should have a good reputation...
...address on "The Law as a Career in America" will be delivered in the Union tonight by Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte '71, former Attorney-General of the United States. By his success and fame as a lawyer and reformer, Mr. Bonaparte has taken a place well to the front in the ranks of Harvard graduates who have contributed to the University's prestige in this honorable profession...
...spite of the recent advances made by business and engineering, the law continues to enlist in its service a large proportion of Harvard men. Because of the power and position of the lawyer in the community and because law is often considered an invaluable aid to political advancement, the profession has always appealed strongly to college graduates, and an added inducement has been offered to members of this University by the pre-eminence of the Harvard Law School...
...likely to form superficial or conventional conceptions of what the different professions are and what qualities they require, and to decide in favor of one or against another on very insufficient evidence. Thus a man who shows a talent for debate thinks he is cut out for a lawyer, and one who has a moderate amount of mechanical ingenuity thinks he is born to be an engineer. The first test of exact thinking and careful reasoning for the would-be lawyer and the first glimpse of the long vista of mathematical training for the would-be engineer often bring...
...chief aims of the Union lectures on the professions to help undergraduates to keep an open mind on this subject until they have exhausted the evidence within their reach. A man whose mind is nearly made up to become a lawyer may well keep his decision in suspense until he has heard what can be said for business, or applied science, or education. A man who thinks he wants to be a doctor may well hear what Dean Christian has said about a medical career but also what President King will say tonight about "The Claims of the Ministry...