... from the views and interests of public men. But, on the other hand, thisvery pressure of an all-surrounding public life brings private men closer together. There they stand, while the tides of ... leaveAutobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, by Orville Dewey 11 the practice of the law here; and there were Esquire Lee, and John W. Hurlbut, and later, Charles Dewey, and a number of professional ... man of learning. I was certainly very fond of my studies, especially of the mathematics and chemistry. I mention it the rather, because the whole course and tendency of my mind hasbeen in other...