Consider the Essay as a political pamphlet on the Revolution side, and the fact that it was the Whig gospel for a century, and you will see its working merit. Frederick Pollock
Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of whom probably every one has a pet one of his own. Frederick Pollock
Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one another (like the two lean horses of a Calcutta hack who can only just stand together)? I have not. Frederick Pollock
If you deny that any principles of conduct at all are common to and admitted by all men who try to behave reasonably - well, I don't see how you can have any ethics or any ethical background for law. Frederick Pollock
Not that pleading can be taken as a test, for the forms of action, notably Debt, ignore the fundamental difference between duties imposed by law and duties created by the will of the parties. Frederick Pollock
So far I go with the Socialists as to think it a pretty general rule that, where monopoly is necessary, it is better in public hands. Frederick Pollock
The lawyer has not reached the height of his vocation who does not find therein... scope for a peculiar but genuine artistic function. Frederick Pollock
Yet when one suspects that a man knows something about life that one hasn't heard before one is uneasy until one has found out what he has to say. Frederick Pollock
