Certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Certainty

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Supreme Court Justice Judge Lawyer

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United States

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "The Path of the Law." Harvard Law Review, 1897.

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