...words of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Junior, himself a soldier and a very distinguished lawyer, "which leads a soldier to throw away his life in obedience...notion, under tactics of which he does not see the use."2 It is the state of mind of the Ming censor Zuo Guangdou who, unable to prevail upon his emperor,...

...of the universe. But in the midst of doubt, in the collapse of creeds, there is one thing I do not doubt . . . and that is that the faith is true and...notion, under tactics of which he does not see the use."9 For Holmes, strenuousness and courage were not means to an end, but ends in themselves; personal...

...carelessness for life," a "senseless passion," a "faith . . . which leads a soldier to throw his life away in obedience to a blindly accepted duty, in a cause...notion, under tactics of which he does not see the use." The references to campaigns and tactics reminded Holmes of his own anarchic wartime meanderings,...

...he said in 1 895. "But in the midst of doubt, in the collapse of creeds, there is one thing I do not doubt . . . and that is that the faith is true and...notion, under tactics of which he does not see the use."64 Holmes's persistent popularity among "realists" and "pragmatists" in the twentieth century...

...without ideals the essence of which is that they never can be achieved? I do not know what is true. I do not know the meaning of the universe. But in...notion, under tactics of which he does not see the use. Most men who know battle know the cynic force with which the thoughts of common sense will assail...

...was existential, and God was gone from that faith. "The faith is true and adorable," Holmes wrote, "which leads a soldier to throw away his life in obedience...notion, under tactics of which he does not see the use."42 When Mark Twain linked religion and war, he was bitter at the hypocrisy of standing up for...

...is true But in the midst of doubt, in the collapse of creeds, there is one thing I do not doubt,... that is that the faith is true and adorable which...notion, under tactics of which he does not see the use. — OLIVER w. HOLMES, "THE SOLDIER'S FAITH." IN THE MIND AND FAITH or JUSTICE HOLMES. SELECTED...

...that faith is true and adorable which leads a soldier to throw away his life in obedience to a blind accepted duty, in a cause which he little understands, in a plan of campaigns of which he has no notion, under tactics of which he does not see the use. The Fourteenth...

...— revealed Holmes 's glorification not only of war but also of blind commitment: [I]n the midst ot doubt, in the collapse of creeds, there is one thing...notion, under tactics of which he does not see the use.72 Roosevelt wrote Senator Lodge, "By Jove, that speech of Holmes was fine."73 The president judged...

...gooks. . . . Like Oliver Wendell Holmes's soldier of the Civil War, the Vietnam combatant was involved "in a cause which he little understands, in a plan...notion, under tactics of which he does not see the use." This may make him a transcendently noble figure, as Holmes believed, or a tragic victim of senseless...