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The language of judicial decision is mainly the language of logic. And the logical method and form flatter that longing for certainty and for repose which is in every human mind. But certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.

~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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The rules of evidence in the main are based on experience, logic, and common sense, less hampered by history than some parts of the substantive law.

~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Judge

Born: March 8th, 1841

Died: March 6th, 1935

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