"The Work itself is one which cannot be too highly prized, or too earnestly recommended to the diligent study of all who wish to be well grounded in legal principles. For myself, I agree with Mr. Butler in the opinion that HE IS THE BEST LAWYER, WHO BEST UNDERSTANDS COKE UPON LITTLETON—and I think no little of the superficiality which has sometimes been thought to characterize the present bar in contrast with those who have immediately preceded it, is to be attributed to their not having early become familiar with the Institutes... It may be that the original wants method; but the life and spirit of it are lost when it is hacked to pieces to be refitted together upon a new and different skeleton. Lord Coke was deeply imbued with the love of his profession, and one of the advantages derived from the study of his works is, that somewhat of the same spirit is insensibly transferred to his readers."