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fought in Civil War 1861-1864 and wounded at battles of Ball's Bluff 1861, Antietam 1862, Fredericksburg 1863
admitted to Massachusetts bar 1867
partner in law firm Shattuck, Holmes and Munroe 1873-1882
wrote "The Common Law" 1881
associate justice of Massachusetts supreme court 1882-1899
chief justice of Massachusetts supreme court 1899-1902
Supreme Court justice 1902-1932
wrote decisions for Schenck v. US 1919 (9-0, free speech that poses "clear and present danger" can be curtailed), Buck v. Bell 1927 (8-1, states can sterilize mentally retarded people without their consent)
son of Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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- "I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving -- we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it -- but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor."
- "Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body."
- "Every calling is great when greatly pursued."
- "Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains it's original dimensions."
- "Taxes are the price we pay for civilization."
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