The Repetition Of A Catchword Can Hold

We Seek To Find Peace Of Mind In The Word, The Formula, The Ritual. The Hope Is Illusion.

The Difference Is No Less Real Because It Is Of Degree.

In Our Worship Of Certainty We Must Distinguish Between The Sound Certainty And The Sham, Between What Is Gold And What Is Tinsel; And Then, When Certainty Is Attained, We Must Remember That It Is Not The Only Good; That We Can Buy It At Too High A Price; That There Is Danger In Perpetual Quiescence As Well As In Perpetual Motion; And That A Compromise Must Be Found In A Principle Of Growth.

Justice Is Not To Be Taken By Storm. She Is To Be Wooed By Slow Advances. Substitute Statute For Decision, And You Shift The Center Of Authority, But Add No Quota Of Inspired Wisdom.

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.