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1994 J. Sup. Ct. Hist. 19 (1994)
Freedom of Speech, 1919 and 1994: Justice Holmes after Seventy-Five Years

handle is hein.journals/jspcth1994 and id is 27 raw text is: Freedom of Speech, 1919 and 1994: Justice Holmes After Seventy-Five Years Richard Polenberg Something about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., led acquaintances to speak about him with an awe bordering on reverence. Walter Lippmann called him a sage with the bearing of a cavalier. . . . He wears wisdom like a gorgeous plume.' Learned Hand referred to Holmes as the premier knight of his time. Benjamin Cardozo, who was named to Holmes' seat on the Supreme Court in 1932, termed his predecessor the great overlord of the law and its philosophy. Felix Frankfurter, who even- tually replaced Cardozo, once said, to quote from Mr. Justice Holmes' opinions is to string pearls. Another devoted admirer, Dean Acheson, recalled: His presence entered a room with him as a pervading force; and left with him, too, like a strong light put out.2 Even now, sixty years after his death, Holmes remains a fascinating figure, the most written-about of all Supreme Court Justices. Since 1989 there have been four major biogra- phies of Holmes (by Gary J. Aichele, Sheldon Novick, Liva Baker, and G. Edward White), two full-length studies of his views on free speech (by Jeremy Cohen and H.L. Pohlman), an important book of essays on his legacy (edited by Robert W. Gordon), and a collec- tion of his writings with an introduction (by Richard Posner), not to mention dozens of law review articles and discussions in general works, such as the chapter on The Place of Justice Holmes in American Legal Thought in The Transformation of American Law, 1870-1960 by Morton J. Horwitz.' The recent interest in Holmes is largely a product of the opening of his private papers for research. When Holmes died in 1935, Felix Frankfurter, then a professor at Harvard Law Justie OIiver wendel lionimes,Jr, has been the subject Of seeu major books on his life and judicial opinions since 19S 9-iore than one hundred fifty years after his birth.

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