Fulfillment may fall short of expectation. At least there has been gained a foothold from which occasion can be seized. - Benjamin N. Cardozo

Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.

The law has outgrown its primitive stage of formalism when the precise word was the sovereign talisman, and every slip was fatal. It takes a broader view to-day. A promise may be lacking, and yet the whole writing may be "instinct with an obligation," imperfectly expressed. If that is so, there is a contract.

Due process is a growth too sturdy to succumb to the infection of the least ingredient of error.