Mr. Justice HolmesA biography of the Boston boy who, as son of the famous physician and poet with the same name, grew up listening to adults talk about the effect of obsolete laws. He became a lawyer, a lecturer and author, a professor, a judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, and an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. |
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