PREFACE a This collection has been made by the kindness of a friend, Mr. Harold J. Laski, and I owe him thanks for gathering these little fragments of my fleece that I have left upon the hedges of life. They are printed as they appeared and I have been unable to do more than run my eye over them, but I am glad to see them put together in a book, as they offer some views of law and life that I have not expressed elsewhere so fully. The place of original publication is given at the head of each paper, and I thank the several publishers for their assent to the reprint. A later generation has carried on the work that I began nearly half a century ago, and it is a great pleasure to an old warrior who cannot expect to bear arms much longer, that the brilliant young soldiers still give him a place in their councils of war. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES June 15, 1920 1886.... CONTENTS PAGE THE PROFESSION OF THE LAW. PART OF AN ADDRESS, 29 ON RECEIVING THE DEGREE OF LL.D. SPEECH, 1886. 33 THE USE OF LAW SCHOOLS. ORATION, 1886.... II.. 81 PRIVILEGE, MALICE AND INTENT, 1894. LEARNING AND SCIENCE. SPEECH, 1895. THE BAR AS A PROFESSION, 1896. SPEECH AT BROWN UNIVERSITY, 1897 LEGAL INTERPRETATION, 1899 ..... -LAW IN SCIENCE AND SCIENCE IN LAW. ADDRESS, 1889 210 SPEECH AT BAR ASSOCIATION DINNER, 1900 JOHN MARSHALL. FROM THE BENCH, FEBRUARY 4, 1901 266 ADDRESS AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, 272 HOLDSWORTH'S ENGLISH LAW, 1909.... LAW AND THE COURT. SPEECH, 1913. . |