| − | 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]]. | + | 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. He frequently met with friends such as [[Felix Frankfurter]] at the "House of Truth"<ref>[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/law-and-history-review/article/abs/house-that-built-holmes/4FFAC541B2312F3349100422150BB65A The House that Built Holmes]</ref><ref>[https://themorningnews.org/article/the-house-of-truth The House of Truth]</ref> to discuss policy issues. |