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... Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School (Cluster 3 Grades 6-8, website), also known as Holmes Middle School, is a public school with an Alexandria address but is outside of the city limits ... It is named after Oliver Wendell Holmes ... Holmes is 24% African Americans, 22% White, 19% Asian, 33% Hispanic, and 5% Other ...
... Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School (Cluster 3 Grades 6-8, website), also known as Holmes Middle School, is a public school with an Alexandria address but is outside of the city limits ... It is named after the powt, Oliver Wendell Holmes ... Holmes is 24% African Americans, 22% White, 19% Asian, 33% Hispanic, and 5% Other ...
... Oliver Wendell Holmes House is a National Historic Landmark at 868 Hale Street in Beverly, Massachusetts ... The house was built in 1909 by Asa Obear Marshall for Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. ... house is frequently confused with the Oliver Wendell Holmes House at 1124 Massachusetts Ave ...
... Son of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr ... the poet Double 4th great grandson of Simon Bradstreet Double 5th great grandson of Thomas Dudley 1st cousin of Robert Treat Paine 4th cousin twice removed of Benjamin Franklin Wade ...
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“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.”
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)
“Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.”
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)
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—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)
“Unpretending mediocrity is good, and genius is glorious; but a weak flavor of genius in an essentially common person is detestable. It spoils the grand neutrality of a commonplace character, as the rinsings of an unwashed wine-glass spoil a draught of fair water.”
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)