In the Dartmouth College case, as has been seen, he over and over again gave simply and generously all the credit for the learning and the points of the brief to Mason and Smith, and yet the glory of the case has rested with Mr.Webster and always will.

He gained by his frank honesty and did not lose a whit.

But in his latter days, when his sense of justice had grown somewhat blunted and his nature was perverted by the unmeasured adulation of the little immediate circle which then hung about him, he ceased to admit his obligations as in his earlier and better years.

From no one did Mr.Webster receive so much hearty and generous advice and assistance as from Judge Story, whose calm judgment and wealth of learning were always at his disposal.

They were given not only in questions of law, but in regard to the Crimes Act, the Judiciary Act, and the Ashburton treaty.