Consider the Essay as a political pamphlet on the Revolution side, and the fact that it was the Whig gospel for a century, and you will see its working merit.

Quote by Frederick Pollock

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Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of...

Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of...

Not that pleading can be taken as a test, for the forms of action, notably...

Not that pleading can be taken as a test, for the forms of action, notably...

I have not heard that even the New York abortion has done very much in...

I have not heard that even the New York abortion has done very much in...

But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe...

But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe...

Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one...

Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one...

If you deny that any principles of conduct at all are common to and admitted...

If you deny that any principles of conduct at all are common to and admitted...

Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she still has...

Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she still has...

A doctrine capable of being stated only in obscure and involved terms is open to...

A doctrine capable of being stated only in obscure and involved terms is open to...

Yet when one suspects that a man knows something about life that one hasn't heard...

Yet when one suspects that a man knows something about life that one hasn't heard...

The lawyer has not reached the height of his vocation who does not find therein......

The lawyer has not reached the height of his vocation who does not find therein......

Medieval justice was a quaint thing.

Medieval justice was a quaint thing.

It is strange how little harm bad codes do.

It is strange how little harm bad codes do.

It cannot be assumed that equity was following common law whenever they agreed, any more...

It cannot be assumed that equity was following common law whenever they agreed, any more...

The oldest theory of contract is I think negative.

The oldest theory of contract is I think negative.

So far I go with the Socialists as to think it a pretty general rule...

So far I go with the Socialists as to think it a pretty general rule...

The practice of the law is a perfectly distinct art.

The practice of the law is a perfectly distinct art.

It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and definitions are...

It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and definitions are...