Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (Censorship (Ready Reference series))
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Holmes was one of the twentieth century’s most articulate legal minds; among other contributions, he developed and refined the concept of “clear and present danger” as a protection of free speech. Named after his father, who was a famous physician and writer, Holmes was graduated from Harvard College in 1861; he served for three years in the Civil War, during which he was wounded three times and was promoted to the rank of captain. He returned to Harvard to study law; after graduation in 1866, he practiced law in Boston and taught law and jurisprudence at...
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