Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Quotes
Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprang up.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., 1841-1935, U. S. Supreme Court Justice, Attributed
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The admiral was known for taking ideas from almost anywhere. Junior officers, enlisted men, even civilians or the enemy.
Oliver Wendell Holmes was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the Fireside Poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858). He was also an important medical reformer. In addition to his work as an author and poet, Holmes also served as a physician, professor, lecturer and inventor and, although he never practiced it, he received formal training in law.