The Constant Assumption Runs Throughout The Law

The Great Tides And Currents Which Engulf The Rest Of Men Do Not Turn Aside In Their Course And Pass The Judges By.

Inaction Without More Is Not Tantamount To Choice.

The Constant Assumption Runs Throughout The Law That The Natural And Spontaneous Evolutions Of Habit Fix The Limits Of Right And Wrong.

The Heroic Hours Of Life Do Not Announce Their Presence By Drum And Trumpet, Challenging Us To Be True To Ourselves By Appeals To The Martial Spirit That Keeps The Blood At Heat. Some Little, Unassuming, Unobtrusive Choice Presents Itself Before Us Slyly And Craftily, Glib And Insinuating, In The Modest Garb Of Innocence. . . . Then It Is That You Will Be Summoned To Show The Courage Of Adventurous Youth.

History Or Custom Or Social Utility Or Some Compelling Sense Of Justice Or Sometimes Perhaps A Semi-intuitive Apprehension Of The Pervading Spirit Of Our Law Must Come To The Rescue Of The Anxious Judge And Tell Him Where To Go.