Shiel told Moore of a good thing said by Keller, an Irish
barrister. Keller, meeting some judge, an old friend of his,
a steady, solemn fellow who had succeeded as much in his
profession as Keller had failed, said to him: “In opposition
to all the laws of natural philosophy, you have risen by your
gravity, while I have sunk by my levity!” (Text.)--CROAKE
JAMES, “Curiosities of Law and Lawyers.”
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