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Author Topic: "Words exist to describe things, not the other way around"- L Hand  (Read 103 times)

dab2d

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"Words exist to describe things, not the other way around"- L Hand
« on: 01-04-12 at 10:00 am »
I remember hearing this quote, or something very close to it, in law school. It would make my case if I could find it now. Has anyone heard this quote before from Learned Hand? If so do you know the cite?

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Re: "Words exist to describe things, not the other way around"- L Hand
« Reply #1 on: 01-04-12 at 01:02 pm »
I think the quote you are looking for is paraphrasing the following quote by Hand:

"Words are chameleons, which reflect the colour of their environment."  Learned Hand 1872-1961: In commissioner v. National Carbide Corp. (1948)
 
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