he covered an even wider range of topics in the huge number of articles which, astonishingly, he also found the time to write. it is difficult, indeed, to think of any important legal subject on which at some time he did not have something original and interesting to say. nor is this all. for taking notes, he invented and patented a new form of shorthand (speedhand shorthand, 1952). and with learning the law (1945), now in its 11th edition, he wrote a little introductory book about law studies which was, and still remains, indispensable reading for any would-be law student.