PRESIDENT PORTER ON THE LAW AS A PROFESSION.

President Porter in his recent lecture on law as a profession, spoke of the studies which a man should excel in who studies for that profession, and also of the power of rapid thought and coolness, which are necessary for the study and practice of law, being two different things. In such a country as our own this profession offers great advantages to one who has political aspirations. Almost every one who wishes to engage in a political career thinks it necessary to enter it by means of the law. The financial and social inducements are also strong, not that every lawyer gets rich from the practice of law, but it opens so many avenues by which wealth may come. On the other hand there are objections. The law has more than its share of drudgery. Some of the associations and the people with whom one must be brought into contact, are sometimes very disagreeable.