If only I had, uh, sort of a prominent Harvard alum who could stand up for me right now." And so he goes to Holmes and he's like, "Holmes, they are about to fire me." He's like, "Please, can you write an article saying that I should be allowed to say this? And in doing so, you will save my job and my reputation," right? So Holmes is in this really tough spot, because on the one hand, should he write this letter, put his neck out? But he's already, as a judge, said- Yeah.

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the exact opposite, and- and as a soldier, he believes that, no, like Laski, shut up.

Or should he stay quiet and stay consistent, but then he's gonna let his friend get-

"The best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market."

Those are the ideas that we can safely act upon.

He says, "Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based on imperfect knowledge."