Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quote

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.


Towne vs. Eisner, 245 U.S. 418, 425 (7 January 1918)


A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the...

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the...

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the...

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the...