| − | After editing the ''American Law Review'' early in his career, Holmes wrote ''The Common Law'' in 1881, which is freely available on the internet today.<ref>https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2449/2449-h/2449-h.htm#link2H_4_0001</ref> The following year he became a professor of law at Harvard, and two decades later he was appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Court. In 1902 President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] appointed him to the [[United States Supreme Court]], where he served until the age of 90, when his colleagues suggested his resignation. He died a few years later. As a Supreme Court Justice, among his law clerks were the brothers [[Alger Hiss|Alger]] and [[Donald Hiss]]. | + | After editing the ''American Law Review'' early in his career, Holmes wrote ''The Common Law'' in 1881, which is freely available on the internet today.<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2449/2449-h/2449-h.htm#link2H_4_0001 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., ''The Common Law'' (1881).]</ref> The following year he became a professor of law at Harvard, and two decades later he was appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Court. In 1902 President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] appointed him to the [[United States Supreme Court]], where he served until the age of 90, when his colleagues suggested his resignation. He died a few years later. As a Supreme Court Justice, among his law clerks were the brothers [[Alger Hiss|Alger]] and [[Donald Hiss]]. |