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3 quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. · clear filters

General propositions do not decide concrete cases.

Every year if not every day we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.

the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market