I found
time to read Plutarch and Josephus, and I was skeptic enough to
question in my own mind the passage in Josephus in regard to Jesus.
Judge Dana died in the month of November, 1835, at the age of sixty.
His hair was white and long, and his appearance was so venerable that
it is now difficult for me to realize that he was not seventy-five
years of age at least. His abilities were considerable, and his
descendants, in more than one instance, have shown distinguished
qualities.
Two other well-known lawyers, one of them a lawyer of eminence in the
profession, were also residents of the town; Benj. M. Farley and George
F. Farley, brothers. They were natives of the small town of Brookline,
N. H. The elder, Benj. M., had practised in Hollis, N. H., where by
economy and good care of his earnings he had acquired a competency. At
Groton he made no effort to obtain business, and acted for the most
part as an associate or aid to his brother, who was in the enjoyment of
a large practice and income, for those days and parts.
With George F. Farley, whose age ran with the century, I was well
acquainted from 1835 until his death in 1855. He was one of the small
number of men that I have known who underestimated their powers. In
one respect, perhaps, this was not true of Farley. He never appeared
wanting in courage for any legal struggle with the leaders of the bar
in New England.
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