There Are Vogues And Fashions In Jurisprudence

Prophecy, However Honest, Is Generally A Poor Substitute For Experience.

Not Honesty Alone, But The Punctilio Of An Honor The Most Sensitive, Is Then The Standard Of Behavior.

Code Is Followed By Commentary, And Commentary By Revision, And Thus The Task Is Never Done.

The Judge Is Not The Knight-errant, Roaming At Will In Pursuit Of His Own Ideal Of Beauty Or Of Goodness.

The Heroic Hours Of Life Do Not Announce Their Presence By Drum And Trumpet, Challenging Us To Be True To Ourselves By Appeals To The Martial Spirit That Keeps The Blood At Heat. Some Little, Unassuming, Unobtrusive Choice Presents Itself Before Us Slyly And Craftily, Glib And Insinuating, In The Modest Garb Of Innocence. . . . Then It Is That You Will Be Summoned To Show The Courage Of Adventurous Youth.