I must give it attention for obvious reasons, but it is
the matter of least moment to me, and has absolutely no influence upon
my work."
It is no wonder that that man achieved an immortal renown at
thirty-seven. Doctor Barker, the recent occupant of the Chair of
Anatomy in the University of Chicago, recently elected to an even more
notable position in the Johns Hopkins University, who has won for
himself a permanent place in the high seats of his profession by his
work on neurology, was in a company one evening. Said one of his
admirers:
"Why don't you go into practise? You could easily make a great fortune
before you are forty."
Listen to the answer: "Money does not interest me."
We all remember Agassiz's famous reply to a proposition to deliver one
lecture for a large fee: "I must decline, gentlemen; I have no time to
make money." That was why he was Agassiz.
Quite as lofty ideals should inspire the work of those who make their
vows to the greatest of all sciences, the science of justice, and the
greatest of all arts, the art of adjusting the rights of men. No
lawyer can become great who does not resolve, at the beginning of each
case, to make his conduct of it a perfect piece of work, regardless of
compensation.
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