Word: holmesing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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"It is the crowning glory of this Law School that it has kindled in many a heart an inextinguishable fire." These words were delivered by Holmes in 1886 in a speech before the Harvard Law School Association. In the 46 years since then, the spirit of mutual good feeling between...
Born in 1841, Holmes attended Harvard College for four years, graduating in 1861. He served three years in the Massachusetts Volunteers during the Civil War, and was wounded three times before being discharged with the rank of captain in 1864. Returning to Harvard. Holmes graduated from the Law School in...
In 1882 he became associate justice and 17 years later chief justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, serving until 1902 when he was appointed associate justice in the Supreme Court. He has served in this capacity ever since his unflagging energy and untiring industry distinguishing him even in his...
In the dedication of the March issue of the Harvard Law Review to Justice Holmes, the University is today adding another tribute to those already paid to one of its greatest graduates. The Law Review, through the praise of its contributors, men of such international distinction as Chief Justice Hughes...
Justice Holmes once said of the Law School, of which he is both graduate and former teacher, that its crowning glory is "that it has kindled in many hearts an inextinguishable fire." It is, however, the connection with men like himself that has made such a statement about the School...