A Dublin lawyer died in poverty, and a fund was raised for his funeral. When the Lord Chief Justice of Orbury was asked to contribute a shilling, he exclaimed, "Only a shilling to bury an attorney? Here's a guinea; go and bury twenty more of them."
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