We Seek To Find Peace Of Mind

The Judge Is Not The Knight-errant, Roaming At Will In Pursuit Of His Own Ideal Of Beauty Or Of Goodness.

Prophecy, However Honest, Is Generally A Poor Substitute For Experience.

The Constitution Was Framed Upon The Theory That The Peoples Of The Several States Must Sink Or Swim Together, And That In The Long Run Prosperity And Salvation Are In Union And Not Division.

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.

It Is For Ordinary Minds, Not For Psychoanalysts, That Our Rules Of Evidence Are Framed. They Have Their Source Very Often In Considerations Of Administrative Convenience, Or Practical Expediency, And Not In Rules Of Logic.