Life is not a thing of knowing only—nay, mere knowledge has properly no place at all save as it becomes the handmaiden of feeling and emotion.

Learned Hand

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Reason and emotion Knowledge Emotions

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Learned Hand

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Speeches of Learned Hand

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1893 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Judge Lawyer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hand, Learned. "Class-Day Oration." Commencement. 23 June 1893, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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Another quote by Learned Hand

This much I think I do know—that a society so riven that the spirit of moderation is gone, no court can save; that a society where the spirit flourishes, no court need save; that in a society which evades its responsibility by thrusting upon the courts the nurture of that spirit, that spirit in the end will perish.

Learned Hand

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Topic
Law and culture Politics is downstream of culture
Speaker
Learned Hand
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hand, Learned. "The Contribution of an Independent Judiciary to Civilization." 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. 21 Nov. 1942, Boston, MA, USA.

Another quote from the 1890s

The report of my death was an exaggeration.

Mark Twain

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Topic
Fake news

Author

Mark Twain
Medium
Note
Language
English
Time
1897 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Twain, Mark. Note to Frank Marshall White. 31 May 1897.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews, edited by Gary Scharnhorst. University Alabama Press, 2006, ch. 6.

Another quote about Knowledge

As we know, there are known knowns-there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns-that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don’t know we don’t know.

Donald Rumsfeld

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Topic
The unknown Epistemology Knowledge American politics
Speaker
Donald Rumsfeld
Medium
Press conference
Language
English
Time
2002 2000s 21st century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Rumsfeld, Donald. Department of Defense news briefing. 12 Feb. 2002, Pentagon, Washington, DC, USA.