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You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice, and still keep an open mind to every disconcerting fact, or an open ear to the cold voice of doubt.   Hand, Learned


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Billings Learned Hand (January 27, 1872 August 181, 1961) usually called just Learned Hand was a famed American judge and an avid supporter of free speech, though he is most remembered for applying economic reasoning to American tort law. Hand is generally considered to be one of the most influential American judges who never served on the U.S. Supreme Court. · Can we improve this biography? Post your version

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