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Where does the quotation "wise restraints that make men free” come from?
Last Updated: Jun 22, 2012 | 705 Views
Topics: HLS History, Historical Research
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John MacArthur Maguire, LL.B. Harvard 1911, Professor of Law 1923-57, Royall Professor of Law 1950-57, composed this declaration, which has been used by Harvard Presidents when conferring degrees at Commencemnt since the late 1930s: "You are ready to aid in the shaping and application of those wise restraints that make men free." The quotation is enshrined on a plaque that hangs in the Harvard Law School Library’s main stairwell in Langdell Hall.
