Viewing Edwin Percy Whipple, "Some Recollections of Rufus Choate" (1879).Edwin Percy Whipple, "Some Recollections of Rufus Choate" (1879).Edwin Percy Whipple (1819-1886) was a public lecturer, essayist and literary critic in Boston. In 1879 he published a 90 page collection of colorful stories about Rufus Choate (1799-1859), the famous lawyer and orator. These anecdotes center on his law practice, exchanges with the judges he appeared before, courtroom battles with Daniel Webster and arguments to juries. For instance:
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