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There is in all men a demand for the superlative, so much so that the poor devil who has no other way of reaching it attains it by getting drunk.
Natural Law", 32 Harvard Law Review 40, 41 (1918)
Our test of truth is a reference to either a present or an imagined future majority in favor of our view.
Natural Law", 32 Harvard Law Review 40, 41 (1918)
Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
Natural Law", 32 Harvard Law Review 40, 41 (1918)
Deep-seated preferences cannot be argued about — you cannot argue a man into liking a glass of beer — and therefore, when differences are sufficiently far reaching, we try to kill the other man rather than let him have his way. But that is perfectly consistent with admitting that, so far as appears, his grounds are just as good as ours.
Natural Law", 32 Harvard Law Review 40, 41 (1918)