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It Is Often Hard To Secure Unanimity About The Borders Of Legislative Power, But That Is Much Easier Than To Decide How Far A Particular Adjustment Diverges From What The Judges Deem Tolerable. On Such Issues Experience Has Over And Over Again Shown The Difficulty Of Securing Unanimity. This Is Disastrous Because Disunity Cancels The Impact Of Monolithic Solidarity On Which The Authority Of A Bench Of Judges So Largely Depends.

We Shall Succeed Only So Far As We Continue To Undertake “the Intolerable Labor Of Thought” — That Most Distasteful Of All Our Activities.

Our Common Law Is The Stock Instance Of A Combination Of Custom And Its Successive Adaptations.

We Prate Of Freedom; We Are In Deadly Fear Of Life, As Much Of Our Own American Scene Betrays.

The Mutual Confidence On Which All Else Depends Can Be Maintained Only By An Open Mind And A Brave Reliance Upon Free Discussion.