DEAN INGE ON LAWYERS
At the annual dinner of tlio Hardwicke Society the quests included Dean Inge, Sir Patrick Hastings, K.C., M.P., Sir Douglas Hogg (the Attorney-General), Lord Merrivalc, and Mr. Justice Frasor. Replying to the toast of "The Guests," Dean Inge said that one of his plcasantest duties was having to attend a great many dinners. '' When I go to clerical dinners —and I don't place them first on the list, as my own profession is not always perhaps very lively—l have an uncomfortable feeling that half of them would like to put me on a bonfire," ho said, amid loud laughter. The Dean confessed that he liked dining with the medical profession. "It is agreeable to find out that mine is not the only profession ■svhich does not always practice what it preaches," was his explanation. On the whole, added Dean Inge, he preferred dining- with the lawyers. They always gave him .an excellent dinner and mi excellent feast of rcuaon. He thought there was hardly a crime ho. uouUl commit without finding a friend ou the: Bench. (Laugb-
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 3, 5 January 1926, Page 9
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181DEAN INGE ON LAWYERS Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 3, 5 January 1926, Page 9
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