He was a graduate of Harvard University in the class of 1824, and afterwards studied law. His studies were careful and thorough. His attainments were increased by travel in Europe. As a member of the Examining Committee on Modern Languages at the University, he made his excellent knowledge, particularly of French, useful to the community. Had his professional studies been continued, there is reason to believe, that, in some departments, he would have contributed in no humble measure to the true fame of his country. An article in the "American Jurist,"[185] entitled "Customs and Origin of Customary Law," written by Mr. Stackpole while still very young, drew the attention of learned men in Europe, as much, perhaps, as was ever done by any paper of mere jurisprudence from our country. It was the subject of comment by the late Professor Park, at King's College, in one of his public lectures, who read extracts from it to his classes, and it was republished in one of the English law journals. This was at a time when American productions found little favor from the mother country. Story and Kent had not then compelled recognition of American law within the precincts of Westminster Hall. This article will be read with interest by students of jurisprudence and history, while it must always possess peculiar attraction, as the early offering of ingenuous youth to a stern profession ardently espoused. Perhaps nothing ever appeared in our country, from one equally young, evincing a finer juridical spirit. [185] July, 1830, Vol. IV. pp. 28-63. Mr. Stackpole has been removed from strongest family ties, from a large cluster of friends, from enjoyments richly spread by competency and taste, and from opportunities of usefulness which were before him in ample fields, while his sun of life was still high and glowing in the heavens. He has passed away as a shadow. Let us clasp and hold fast the memory of his virtues. FAME AND GLORY. AN ORATION BEFORE THE LITERARY SOCIETIES OF AMHERST COLLEGE AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY, AUGUST 11, 1847. But if there be in Glory aught of good, It may by means far different be attained, Without ambition, war, or violence,-- By deeds of peace, by wisdom eminent, By patience, temperance. MILTON, _Paradise Regained_. Da veniam scriptis, quorum non gloria nobis Causa, sed utilitas officiumque fuit. OVID, _Epist. ex Ponto_, III. ix., 55, 56. Singulari in eo negotio usus opera Flacci Pomponii, consularis viri, nati ad omnia quæ recte facienda sunt, simplicique virtute, merentis semper quam captantis gloriam.--VELLEIUS PATERCULUS, _Hist._, Lib. II. Cap. 129. Non privatim solum, sed publice _furimus_. Homicidia compescimus, et singulas cædes; quid bella, et occisarum gentium _gloriosum scelus_?--SENECA, _Epist._ XCV. § 30.