THE JUDGE’S HOPE
A certain prominent English jurist was transferred from the Chancery Court to the Admiralty Court rather unexpectedly. While conversant with English law to a surprising degree, this gentleman had spent little time in marine law, and was rather dubious as to his ability to cope with the duties of his new office. His colleagues, in recognition of the occasion, gave him a dinner, after which he was called upon for an address. He made a long and serious speech, which embraced about everything, from Free Trade to England’s foreign policy. Then, pausing for a moment, he glanced round the room and said: ‘ Gentlemen, in closing I can think of no better words than the lines of Tennyson: “ And may there be no moaning of the bar When I put out to sea.” ’
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New Zealand Tablet, 14 September 1911, Page 1830
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135THE JUDGE’S HOPE New Zealand Tablet, 14 September 1911, Page 1830
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