Most of my time is spent in doing as well as I can the work… - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Most of my time is spent in doing as well as I can the work immediatekt at hand. One hopes that by doing quietly and with parade as solid work as one can when one is occupied, on makes the best contribution possible to one's state.

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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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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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Most of my time is spent in doing as well as I can the work immediatekt at hand. One hopes that by doing quietly and with parade as solid work as one… - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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