III.-Address at the Dedication of the Build- ings of the New York State College IV. Address at the Unveiling of Tablets at the Hall of Fame, New York Uni- V.-Address at the Jamestown Exposition on Jefferson Memorial Day, July 5, 1907, in connection with the Reunion of VII.-Speech at the Washington County Fair, Sandy Hill, N. Y., August 27, 1907.. VIII. Speech at the Dedication of the Mc- Kinley Monument in Buffalo, Septem- IX. Address at the National Encampment PAGE XIII.-Address at the Charity Organization Society, Carnegie Hall, New York XIV. Speech at the Opening of the Civic Forum XV.-Speech at the Meeting in the Interest of Tuskegee Institute, Held at Carne- PAGE INTRODUCTORY BY JACOB GOULD SCHURMAN, LL.D. IN complying with the request of the editor of The Independent1 to write an article on Governor Hughes, I have assumed that what is desired is, not an intimate account of his personality, but an estimate of his attitude and career as a public man. Even for this purpose, however, a brief sketch of his life will prove a helpful introduction. Charles Evans Hughes was born at Glens Falls, New York, on April 11, 1862. On the father's side he is of pure Welsh stock, on the mother's side in the maternal line of pure Holland Dutch stock, and in the paternal line of Irish, English, and Scotch blood, with a predominance of Irish. At the time of the son's birth the father was a pastor of the Baptist Church at Glens Falls, though he had formerly been a teacher. The mother had also enjoyed 1 1 Reprinted from The Independent, December 26, 1907. a superior education and had an unusual aptitude for mathematics, which was transmitted to her son. During his early years the boy studied at home under his parents, and at the age of fourteen he entered Madison-now Colgate -University. After two years he migrated to Brown University, from which he graduated in 1881. His high standing was attested by his election to the Phi Beta Kappa Society; he received honors in the classics and in English literature; and scholar as he was, he was also known among the students as a good fellow, who not only enjoyed social intercourse but participated in the amusements, pranks, and innocent follies of youth. Graduating at nineteen years of age, he taught school for a year to earn the means necessary to begin the systematic study of law, which meanwhile he read out of school hours in the office of a friendly lawyer. Then he entered the Columbia Law School, from which he graduated in 1884 with the highest honors. For the next three years he was clerk in a law office in New York City, while in the evenings he gave some instructions to law students. In 1888 he became a member of the firm of Carter, Hughes, & Cravath, from which he withdrew in 1891, to accept a professorship of law in Cornell University, where his extraordinary abilities and attainments as a scholar, teacher, and lawyer were immediately recognized. At the earnest solicitation of Mr. Carter he joined him again in 1893, in the practice of law. And until his election as Governor he was continuously engaged in the active practice of his profession. I may here record some of the impressions made by Mr. Hughes on those who knew him at Cornell University and have since known him as a lawyer in New York City. In his physical build he was about six feet in height, slender rather than stout, but sturdy, tough, and wiry. Then, as now and always, he was a most indefatigable worker; in this respect indeed he excels any man I have ever known. His mental outfit is not less remarkable. Το understand things is a necessity of his nature. Like Lord Bacon he must have the " dry light" of reason on whatever he deals with— the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, unaffected by any distorting or discoloring rays of passion, prejudice, or emotion. He possesses a powerful intellect, which is at once acute in action and comprehensive in range. Analysis is the mark of the great lawyer, and Mr. Hughes has this faculty in its highest |