To clarify: the title is excerpted from Act 1 of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. The full quote goes: "Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile; So ere you find where light in darkness lies, Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes." It's a warning against spending too much of your life in scholarly pursuits.
Day By Day
Sunday, September 04, 2005
William Rhenquist is Gone
Chief Justice William Rhenquist died last night. He served for a third of a century on the Supreme Court; two decades as Chief Justice. His contribution to his country, his profession, and to all of us has been immense. He will be missed, sorely.
Read the WaPo account here.
The NYTs covers the story here.
Both papers have several think pieces on his legacy and what this all means for the current administration.
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