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August Brandegee, a leader of the New London county bar for half a century, is dead. During all that time he reflected honor upon this bar. He gave to its member an example for emulation. He has left us a memory which is a benediction. We strive through this memorial to show that we appreciate what he was and what he stood for.
He was a learned lawyer. Coming to the bar filled with the learning of the classics, he readily absorbed the law written in the books, and yet was always more than the book lawyer. He never failed to appreciate that the law is not an abstract science, but a rule of action of men. Mercy and charity ever came to him as the hand maidens of legal principle. He approached the real of a cause with diffidence. He participated in the trial as a master.
He was a brilliant orator. Convention, legislature, congress and the courts thrilled with his eloquence. In manner unexcelled he clothed his thoughts in language chaste and beautiful, and drove his words deep into the hearts of his hearers. He stood for high ideals through all his public life. At a time when the Abolitionist met scorn and contumely, he laboured zealously to free the slave. A member of Congress through the war, he became the trusted friend of Lincoln, and rendered signal service for the cause of the Union. And then and ever after he put aside official station for the simple life.
He was a knightly man - hypocrisy, shame, expedients, pretensions - the whole brood of lies and deceits - were his enemies. He fought them all his days and when the end came, passed over God's threshold with escutcheon unstained and with plume untarnished.
Family
Brandegee was the husband of Nancy Christine Bosworth (1840–1881). They were the parents of Augustus (1857–1881), Helen (1858–1915), Frank (1864–1924), and Marian (1866–1884).
Brandegee's son Frank also served as a Member of the United States House of Representatives, and was a longtime member of the United States Senate.
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References
- ↑ Catalogue of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. The Delta Kappa Epsilon council. 1910. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
- ↑ Dowd, Maureen (February 17, 2013). "The Oscar for Best Fabrication". The New York Times. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
- ↑ Marshall, Benjamin Tinkham (1922). A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut, Volume 1. New London, Connecticut: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 238.
External resources
- United States Congress. "Augustus Brandegee (id: B000768)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
- Augustus Brandegee at Find A Grave Archived September 16, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
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