"If you wish to be a lawyer": Lincoln's advice to aspiring lawyers -- "Resolve to be honest at all events": Lincoln's character as a lawyer -- "Discourage litigation": Lincoln's advice to his clients -- "Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day": Lincoln's preparation for trial -- "On rising to address the jury": Lincoln in the courtroom -- "All the laws but one": a lawyer in the White House -- Epilogue: "reverence for the laws"