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Holmes, John H.
1879–1964
1879–1964
1
This, now, is the judgement of our scientific age—the third reaction of man upon the universe! This universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent.
This, now, is the judgement of our scientific age—the third reaction of man upon the universe! This universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent.
The Sensible Man's View of Religion
(1932) ch. 4
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
1809–94
1809–94
1
It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
Lean, hungry, savage anti-everythings.
It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
(1872) ch. 10
Lean, hungry, savage anti-everythings.
"A Modest Request" (1848)
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Jr. 1841–1935
Jr. 1841–1935
1
We pause to…recall what our country has done for each of us and to ask ourselves what we can do for our country in return.
It is better to be seventy years young than forty years old!
reply to invitation from Julia Ward Howe to her seventieth birthday party, 27 May 1889
The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic.
sometimes quoted as, "shouting fire in a crowded theatre"
We pause to…recall what our country has done for each of us and to ask ourselves what we can do for our country in return.
speech, Keene, New Hampshire, 30 May 1884.
It is better to be seventy years young than forty years old!
reply to invitation from Julia Ward Howe to her seventieth birthday party, 27 May 1889
Laura Richards and Maud Howe Elliott
Julia Ward Howe
(1916) vol. 2
The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic.
sometimes quoted as, "shouting fire in a crowded theatre"
in
Schenck v. United States
(1919)
Home, John
1722–1808
1722–1808
1
My name is Norval; on the Grampian hills
My father feeds his flocks.
My name is Norval; on the Grampian hills
My father feeds his flocks.
Douglas
(1756) act 2, sc. 1
Home, Alec Douglas-Home, Lord
1903–95
1903–95
1
As far as the fourteenth earl is concerned, I suppose Mr Wilson, when you come to think of it, is the fourteenth Mr Wilson.
replying to Harold Wilson's remark (on Home's becoming leader of the Conservative party) that "the whole [democratic] process has ground to a halt with a fourteenth Earl"
As far as the fourteenth earl is concerned, I suppose Mr Wilson, when you come to think of it, is the fourteenth Mr Wilson.
replying to Harold Wilson's remark (on Home's becoming leader of the Conservative party) that "the whole [democratic] process has ground to a halt with a fourteenth Earl"
in
Daily Telegraph
22 October 1963
Homer
1
Achilles' cursed anger sing, O goddess, that son of Peleus, which started a myriad sufferings for the Achaeans.
Winged words.
Smiling through her tears.
It lies in the lap of the gods.
Tell me, Muse, of the man of many devices, who wandered far and wide after he had sacked Troy's sacred city, and saw the towns of many men and knew their mind.
of Odysseus
Rosy-fingered dawn.
Achilles' cursed anger sing, O goddess, that son of Peleus, which started a myriad sufferings for the Achaeans.
The Iliad
bk. 1, l. 1.
Winged words.
The Iliad
bk. 1, l. 201
Smiling through her tears.
The Iliad
bk. 6, l. 484
It lies in the lap of the gods.
The Iliad
bk. 17, l. 514 and elsewhere
Tell me, Muse, of the man of many devices, who wandered far and wide after he had sacked Troy's sacred city, and saw the towns of many men and knew their mind.
of Odysseus
The Odyssey
bk. 1, l. 1
Rosy-fingered dawn.
The Odyssey
bk. 2, l. 1 and
passim
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