Aleancelo
Aug 3, 2007, 01:34 AM
To all those who want to pursue the greatest of all sciences, and the greatest of all arts, I would like to share with you something which the great legal luminary, former Senator Jovito Salonga told us before we took the Bar:
"Do not enter the law profession if you expect to practice law principally for the purpose of making money. It is not a money-making profession. The money-making conception of the law profession is not only erroneous, but ruinous. For you must remember, you have made a vow to the greatest of all sciences, THE SCIENCE OF JUSTICE, and the greatest of all arts, THE ART OF ADJUSTING THE RIGHTS OF MEN AND WOMEN. Think daily of the nobility and dignity of the ministry of law. Remember the great men that have adored it and established the pillars of its glory. They were gentlemen, men of learning, of breeding, of honor as delicate as a woman's brush. Keep in mind the lords of the law. Resolve each morning,when you awake, that to the utmost of your efforts, you will strive to be one of them-in learning full and thorough, in courtesy delicate, in courage fearless, in character spotless, in all things and all seasons the TRUE KNIGHT OF JUSTICE."
"Do not enter the law profession if you expect to practice law principally for the purpose of making money. It is not a money-making profession. The money-making conception of the law profession is not only erroneous, but ruinous. For you must remember, you have made a vow to the greatest of all sciences, THE SCIENCE OF JUSTICE, and the greatest of all arts, THE ART OF ADJUSTING THE RIGHTS OF MEN AND WOMEN. Think daily of the nobility and dignity of the ministry of law. Remember the great men that have adored it and established the pillars of its glory. They were gentlemen, men of learning, of breeding, of honor as delicate as a woman's brush. Keep in mind the lords of the law. Resolve each morning,when you awake, that to the utmost of your efforts, you will strive to be one of them-in learning full and thorough, in courtesy delicate, in courage fearless, in character spotless, in all things and all seasons the TRUE KNIGHT OF JUSTICE."