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• The oldest theory of contract is I think negative.
• Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one another (like the two lean horses of…
• It cannot be assumed that equity was following common law whenever they agreed, any more than the converse.
• Medieval justice was a quaint thing.
• So far I go with the Socialists as to think it a pretty general rule that, where monopoly is necessary, it is…
• It is strange how little harm bad codes do.
• I have not heard that even the New York abortion has done very much in the States where it has been enacted.
• Consider the Essay as a political pamphlet on the Revolution side, and the fact that it was the Whig gospel for a…
• But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe to be reducible to patterns on a…
• Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she still has something to learn in telling what she…
• It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and definitions are apt to mean new doubts and litigation.
• Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of whom probably every one has a pet…

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