Although Sir Edward never sat on the Bench nor achieved high political place, his name will be remembered when not a few of his contemporaries at the Bar who. subsequently attained great judicial or political eminence have passed out of mind. He passed away shortly after his ninetieth birthday in. full possession ut his faculties, save for Slight lapses of a memory which had been a great stand-by all his: life.
had many disappointments and set-backs, but met them all with an unfailing cheerfulness and determina tion, "Judged by some standards it night be said he had failed inasmuch. tas he did not full his political ambitions. Nothing could be further from Truth, especially in his own eyes.
Diographers conclude their work Wwe smiled at the memory of disappointments which had loomed
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