THE WAYS OF MARIAN The historian may not always wait for the last grain of sand to mark the passing of an hour; he must hasten the flight of time frequently by abrupt reversals of the glass.

Much competent evidence (to borrow from the lawyers) we must reject as irrelevant or immaterial to our main issue.

Harwood was admitted to practice in the United States courts midway of his third year in Bassett's office.

The doors of the state courts swing inward to any Hoosier citizen of good moral character who wants to practice law,--a drollery of the Hoosier constitution still tolerated.

The humor of being a mere "constitutional" lawyer did not appeal to Harwood, who revered the traditions and the great names of his chosen profession, and he had first written his name on the rolls of the United States District Court.
His work for Bassett grew more and more congenial.