Ocupation: Judge
Life: January 27, 1872 - August 18, 1961
Birthday: January 27
Death: August 18
We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the irksomeness of action.
source: Harry Kalven, Learned Hand (1967). “The Supreme Court as legislator: the contribution of an independent judiciary to civilization : an address”