... from the views and interests of public men. But, on the other hand, thisvery pressure of an all-surrounding public life brings private men closer together. There they stand, while the tides of ... be met with wise and patient counsel; and thatin the highest interest of the slave, of the white race, of the country, and of constitutional liberty, its abolitionmust be gradual. To the uncompromising ... leaveAutobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, by Orville Dewey 11 the practice of the law here; and there were Esquire Lee, and John W. Hurlbut, and later, Charles Dewey, and a number of professional...