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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. US jurist (1841 - 1935)
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Man΄s mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving -- we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it -- but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

The ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas [and] the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market.

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.



It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

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