“Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.”

— Benjamin N. Cardozo

West Ohio Gas Co. v. Public Utilities Commission (No.2), 294 U.S. 79, 82, (1935)
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United States federal judge 1870–1938

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