Learned Hand (1872–1961) American legal scholar, Court of Appeals judge
Speech in New York, New York (27 January 1952).
Extra-judicial writings
“The life of man is made up of action and endurance; and life is fruitful in the ratio in which it is laid out in noble action or in patient perseverance.”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 3.
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