"Lingering Still".
Volume Two (2010)
“Common sense still lingers in Westminster Hall.”
Crosse v. Seaman (1851), 11 C. B. 525.
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William Henry Maule 11
British politician 1788–1858Related quotes
“Using, as an excuse, others’ failure of common sense is in itself a failure of common sense.”
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The Fabric of Reality (1997)
“That seems to us to be the common sense of the matter; and common sense often makes good law.”
Writing for the court, Peak v. United States, 353 U.S. 43 (1957)
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Quoted in Life of Lord Kelvin (1910) by Silvanus Phillips Thompson
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