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The character of a life in the law is, in part, a matter of individual aspiration. Consider, for example, James Boswell in 1762—over two hundred years ago—writing of the prospects he fancied he would enjoy if he were to be called to the bar in Scotland:
I wanted much to be a man of consequence, and I considered that could only be that in my own country, where my family and connections would procure it. I also considered that the Law was my plain road to preferment. That if I would go to the Scotch bar I would soon be well employed and as [...] I can sit in and labour very well I thought I might be able very well to do business.
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