A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure. It offer… - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure. It offers a necessity of life that must be rationed among those who have power over it.

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About Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (8 March 1841 – 6 March 1935) was an American jurist and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932; he was often called "The Great Dissenter", and was the son of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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Native Name: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Alternative Names: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. • Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr • Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. • Oliver Wendell, Jr. Holmes • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr • Oliver Wendell Holmes, jr. • Oliver W. Holmes Jr. • Oliver Holmes Jr. • Oliver Holmes • Oliver W. Holmes

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For the rational study of the law the blackletter man may be the man of the present, but the man of the future is the man of statistics and the master of economics.

If I were dying, my last words would be, Have faith and pursue the unknown end.

General propositions do not decide concrete cases.

A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure. It offers a necessity of life that must be rationed among those who have power over it. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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