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Quotation from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
“even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked.”
The Common Law, Lecture I
Illustrating why early law focused on intentional harms.
Citation: "even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked." — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., The Common Law, Lecture I. (id holmes-the-common-law-q2)
