The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars… - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (29 August 1809 – 8 October 1894) was an American physician, writer, poet, and the father of US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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A general flavor of mild decay.

Speak clearly if you speak at all, carve every word before you let it fall.

Wake in our breast the living fires,
The holy faith that warmed our sires;
Thy hand hath made our nation free;
To die for her is serving Thee.

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