ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955)

"Theory of Relativity" (1905)

E = mc2

(E=energy, m=mass, c=the speed of light)

 

EDWARD GIBBON (1737-94)

"Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (1776-8)

All that is human must retrograde if it do not advance.

 

JOHN KEATS (1795-1821)

"On the Sonnet" (1819)

If by dull rhymes our English must be chain'd,

And, like Andromeda, the Sonnet sweet

Fetter'd, in spite of pained loveliness;

Let us find out, if we must be constrain'd,

Sandals more interwoven and complete

To fit the naked foot of poesy;

Let us inspect the lyre, and weigh the stress

Of every chord, and see what may be gain'd

By ear industrious, and attention meet;

Misers of sound and syllable, no less

Than Midas of his coinage, let us be

Jealous of dead leaves in the bay wreath crown;

So, if we may not let the Muse be free,

She will be bound with garlands of her own.

 

Justice McREYNOLDS

Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 US 390 (1923)

That the state may do much, go very far, indeed, in order to improve the quality of life of its citizens, physically, mentally, and morally, is clear, but the individual has certain fundamental rights which must be respected. The protection of the Constitution extends to all."