And the sun sank again on the grand Australian bush-the nurse and tutor of eccentric minds, the home of the weird, and of much that is different from things in other lands.

Henry Lawson

The Bush Undertaker

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Topic

Australia

Author

Henry Lawson

Source

The Bush Undertaker

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1892 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Australia Oceania

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Original Citation

Lawson, Henry. "The Bush Undertaker." The Antipodean, 1892.

Current Citation

Lawson, Henry. "The Bush Undertaker." The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories. Penguin Books, 1986.

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It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds upon which it was laid down have vanished long since, and the rule simply persists from blind imitation of the past.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Topic
Legal theory Law

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Language
English
Time
1897 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "The Path of the Law." Address to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at the dedication of the new hall of the Boston University School of Law. 8 Jan. 1897, Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA, USA.

Current Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "The Path of the Law." The Essential Holmes: Selections from the Letters, Speeches, Judicial Opinions, and Other Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr, edited by Richard A. Posner. University of Chicago Press, 1997.