I believe it was Emerson who said that institutions are but the lengthened shadows of individuals. It is my purpose to speak of Mr. Justice Brandeis, the man under whose lengthen shadow we gather tonight.
Publication Date
December 23, 1943
Citation
9 Vital Speeches 664 (1943) (address at Brandeis Memorial Colony Dinner, New York, June 23, 1943).
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I believe it was Emerson who said that institutions are but the lengthened shadows of individuals. It is my purpose to speak of Mr. Justice Brandeis, the man under whose lengthen shadow we gather tonight.
