Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes was a prominent figure in the literary and philosophical circles of his era. He was born on August 29, 1809 in Cambridge Massachusetts. He attended Harvard College after years of private schooling. It was at Harvard where he started to write and translate poetry. After he graduated he began to publish his works, while he was studying to law. One of his most famous works, “Old Ironsides” came in 1830. In 1831 Holmes quit law school to get a medical degree, and went to Europe in 1833 to continue his education. Holmes even rejected requests to have more poetry published to focus on medicine. Yet, in the late 1830’s he began lecturing and became a prominent conversationalist. Holmes married Amelia Jackson in 1840 and their…

“This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.” --1841 – 1935 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court Justice Justice Holmes believed that when a man begins to talk about justice, he is shirking thinking in legal terms. Following his reasoning, thinking in ‘legal terms’ includes both state and federal rules of civil procedures, as well as court precedent, the very foundation of our legal system. Hence, as a paralegal observing applicable court and civil procedure…

Josh Smith Miss Nelson Period 3 4-30-15 Old Ironsides American poet Oliver Wendell Holmes penned the poem Old Ironsides in response to a newspaper article he read about the USS Constitution. The USS Constitution was a navel frigate used during many wars and was involved in numerous battles. The USS Constitution achieved many victories and was given the name Old Ironsides, since its walls were made out of iron and it was commonly said that cannon balls just…

Essay about The romantic elements in "The daffodils" Williams Wordworth William Wordsworth's "Daffodils" incorporates the ideas and aspects that are essential in poetry from the Romantic movement. Various peaceful images of nature, including a field of daffodils, possess human qualities in the poem. These natural images express Wordsworth's self-reflections, whether it be tranquil solitude at the beginning of the poem or excitement about being in the company of daffodils at the…

“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. I had always been afraid to try new things, yet when I did all I wanted to do was to experience more of them. For me, leaning how to pitch was one of the best experiences I have ever tried. I took something which I thought was going to be terrifying and turned it into a wonderful achievement of mine. Although I had always found pitching very compulsive I would always try to avoid it.…

According to Poetry Foundation, Anne Bradstreet was born in 1612. She didn't attend school, though she was tutored by her father Bradstreet favored literature, most of her time was spent on reading. Once she was sixteen years old she married Simon Bradstreet who assisted her father, Thomas Dudley and eventually had eight children. As a young adult she wrote numerous short poems; “To My Dear and Loving Husband,” “A Letter to Her Husband, Absent Upon Public Employment,” and “The Author to Her…

Life” Vs. “The Chambered Nautilus” Longfellow’s “A Psalm of Life” and Holmes’ “The Chambered Nautilus” both address living life in a manner to promote constant personal growth. When analyzed, one can note the difference in ways that Longfellow and Holmes presented their message. For example, Longfellow is blunt and upfront with his message, stating that, “the soul is dead that slumbers.” This declaration of his principles illustrates how he attempted to live his life. He continues, “but to act,…

Incautious Doctors Throughout the medical history, preventing or curing a disease was one of the hardest dilemmas that doctors face. According to Nuland’s novel, The Doctor’s Plague, where a group of obstetrical doctors came together at Vienna’s general hospital, Allgemeine Krankenhaus, in order to figure out the leading causes of childbed fever epidemic (Nuland). It took them years and decades to find out the roots of the disease. They conducted several theories and experiments to come up a…

Moving Toward a Current Agrarian Reform Consumers buying local produce in their communities are encouraging small farmers to aggregate crops responsibly and also keep local farmer markets. Farmers competing with larger non-local markets, and who lose their local farmer markets, experience the fight of accepting and rejecting current industrial change to their farms. Communities such as Port William, in Wendell Berry’s novel Jayber Crow, also experience a current agrarian change to their local…

bullied, Noah wants to show that he is stronger and more powerful. In Chapter 5, “Mr. Claypole administered a kick to Oliver, and entered the shop with a dignified air” (Dickens 26). Oliver doesn’t react anything to it. In this passage, although Noah knows how he feels of being bullied, he looks down Oliver, who is lower than him and treats him like he can abuse him with his strength. By using the binary opposition of good versus evil, Noah’s personality is different from Oliver’s, and the way…