“Law never is, but is always about to be.”
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Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions.
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I take judge-made law as one of the existing realities of life.
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Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances.
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Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.
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