A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in colour and content according to the ci… - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in colour and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.

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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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Life is a roar of bargain and battle, but in the very heart of it there rises a mystic spiritual tone that gives meaning to the whole. It transmutes the dull details into romance. It reminds us that our only but wholly adequate significance is as parts of the unimaginable whole. It suggests that even while living we are living to ends outside ourselves

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