Oliver Wendell Holmes

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    “The freeman, casting with unpurchased hand
    The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.”
    —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)

    “The parson was working his Sunday’s text,—
    Had got to fifthly, and stopped perplexed
    At what the—Moses—was coming next.”
    —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)

    “It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”
    —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)

    “Speak clearly, if you speak at all;
    Carve every word before you let it fall.”
    —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)

    ““No, no; the real name,” said Holmes sweetly. “It is always awkward doing business with an alias.””
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)