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Consequences Cannot Alter Statutes, But May Help To Fix Their Meaning.

The Great Tides And Currents Which Engulf The Rest Of Men Do Not Turn Aside In Their Course And Pass The Judges By.

The Great Ideals Of Liberty And Equality Are Preserved Against The Assaults Of Opportunism, The Expediency Of The Passing Hour, The Erosion Of Small Encroachments, The Scorn And Derision Of Those Who Have No Patience With General Principles.

In The End The Great Truth Will Have Been Learned That The Quest Is Greater Than What Is Sought, The Effort Finer That The Prize (or Rather, That The Effort Is The Prize), The Victory Cheap And Hollow Were It Not For The Rigor Of The Game.

The Risk To Be Percieved Defines The Duty To Be Obeyed.