I think Judge Gray's fame, on the whole, would have been greater as a man of original power if he had resisted, sometimes, the temptation to marshal an array of cases, and had suffered his judgments to stand on his statement of legal principles without the authorities.
Hoar suggests that Judge Gray's legal legacy could have been stronger had he relied less on case law in his judgments.
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The irrepressible conflict had to be fought out.
It relates to matters more permanent than human life.
What was said helped to arouse public attention, and the masses of the people--always pure and incorruptible--set themselves earnestly and successfully to reform the abuses.
Never rode to the wrong's redressing A worthier paladin.
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