Life Is Made Up Of

The Language Of The Law Must Not Be Foreign To The Ears Of Those Who Are To Obey It.

Since We Are Men, We Will Play The Part Of Man.

The Judge's Authority Depends Upon The Assumption That He Speaks With The Mouth Of Others. That Is To Say, The Momentum Of His Utterances Must Be Greater Than Any Which His Personal Reputation And Character Can Command, If It Is To Do The Work Assigned To It - If It Is To Stand Against The Passionate Resentments Arising Out Of The Interests He Must Frustrate - For While A Judge Must Discover Some Composition With The Dominant Trends Of His Times, He Must Preserve His Authority By Cloaking Himself In The Majesty Of An Overshadowing Past.

Life Is Made Up Of Constant Calls To Action, And We Seldom Have Time For More Than Hastily Contrived Answers.

There Is No Surer Way To Misread Any Document Than To Read It Literally. As Nearly As We Can, We Must Put Ourselves In The Place Of Those Who Uttered The Words, And Try To Divine How They Would Have Dealt With The Unforeseen Situation; And, Although Their Words Are By Far The Most Decisive Evidence Of What They Would Have Done, They Are By No Means Final.