The questions which arise are not generally those involving palpable injury to health, but they are upon the narrow and doubtful line in respect of which it is better to be in some error not dangerous than to be radically destructive.
Taft discusses the complexities of legal decisions that may not directly harm health but could have significant consequences.
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