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But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe to be reducible to patterns on a blackboard.

~Frederick Pollock

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Yet when one suspects that a man knows something about life that one hasn't heard before one is uneasy until one has found out what he has to say.

~Frederick Pollock

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It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and definitions are apt to mean new doubts and litigation.

~Frederick Pollock

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Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of whom probably every one has a pet one of his own.

~Frederick Pollock

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Not that pleading can be taken as a test, for the forms of action, notably Debt, ignore the fundamental difference between duties imposed by law and duties created by the will of the parties.

~Frederick Pollock

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The practice of the law is a perfectly distinct art.

~Frederick Pollock

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The lawyer has not reached the height of his vocation who does not find therein... scope for a peculiar but genuine artistic function.

~Frederick Pollock

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Judge

Born: December 10th, 1845

Died: January 18th, 1937

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