Louis_NP1 D._NP1 Brandeis_NP1 :_: A_AT1 Life_NN1 In_II 1920_MC the_AT Harvard_NP1 Law_NN1 School_NN1 professor_NN1 Manley_NP1 Hudson_NP1 journeyed_VVD to_II Washington_NP1 ,_, and_CC while_CS there_EX paid_VVD a_AT1 visit_NN1 on_II Justice_NP1 Louis_NP1 D._NP1 Brandeis_NP1 and_CC his_APPGE law_NN1 clerk_NN1 ,_, Dean_NP1 Acheson_NP1 ._. 
As_CSA he_PPHS1 usually_RR did_VDD ,_, Brandeis_NP1 quizzed_VVD his_APPGE guest_NN1 about_II recent_JJ events_NN2 at_II the_AT law_NN1 school_NN1 and_CC also_RR about_II Hudson_NP1 's_GE role_NN1 as_II a_AT1 legal_JJ adviser_NN1 to_II the_AT League_NN1 of_IO Nations_NN2 ._. 
While_CS discussing_VVG his_APPGE work_NN1 ,_, Hudson_NP1 alluded_VVD to_II international_JJ law_NN1 as_CSA conditional_JJ ,_, with_IW principles_NN2 varying_VVG depending_JJ upon_II the_AT situation_NN1 and_CC the_AT nations_NN2 involved_VVD ._. 
He_PPHS1 had_VHD barely_RR finished_VVN when_RRQ ,_, to_II his_APPGE great_JJ surprise_NN1 and_CC alarm_NN1 ,_, Brandeis_NP1 stood_VVD up_RP and_CC began_VVD ,_, as_CSA Acheson_NP1 described_VVD it_PPH1 ,_, to_TO thunder_VVI like_II an_AT1 Old_JJ Testament_NN1 prophet_NN1 ._. 
Principles_NN2 are_VBR fixed_VVN and_CC immutable_JJ ,_, Brandeis_NP1 declared_VVD ,_, because_CS without_IW reliance_NN1 on_II established_JJ values_NN2 democratic_JJ society_NN1 and_CC individual_JJ freedom_NN1 are_VBR impossible_JJ ._. 
He_PPHS1 quoted_VVD Goethe_NP1 and_CC Euripides_NP1 ,_, and_CC on_II it_PPH1 went_VVD ,_, a_AT1 frightening_JJ display_NN1 of_IO elemental_JJ force_NN1 ._. 
The_AT incident_NN1 is_VBZ indicative_JJ of_IO a_AT1 key_JJ aspect_NN1 of_IO Louis_NP1 Brandeis_NP1 's_GE nature_NN1 --_NN1 his_APPGE idealism_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 once_RR told_VVD his_APPGE niece_NN1 that_CST "_" ideals_NN2 are_VBR everything_PN1 ._. "_" 
His_APPGE attraction_NN1 to_II the_AT law_NN1 derived_VVD in_RR21 part_RR22 from_II his_APPGE belief_NN1 that_CST law_NN1 provided_CS the_AT ideal_JJ means_NN by_II which_DDQ free_JJ men_NN2 could_VM impose_VVI order_NN1 on_II their_APPGE behavior_NN1 and_CC at_II the_AT same_DA time_NNT1 allow_VV0 the_AT greatest_JJT liberty_NN1 for_IF each_DD1 person_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 said_VVD many_DA2 times_NNT2 that_CST he_PPHS1 had_VHD joined_VVN the_AT Zionist_JJ movement_NN1 because_II21 of_II22 its_APPGE idealistic_JJ nature_NN1 ._. 
For_IF Brandeis_NP1 ,_, above_II all_DB things_NN2 the_AT individual_NN1 mattered_VVD ,_, and_CC the_AT best_JJT society_NN1 allowed_VVD each_DD1 person_NN1 ,_, through_II hard_JJ work_NN1 ,_, to_TO achieve_VVI all_DB that_CST his_APPGE or_CC her_APPGE talents_NN2 deserved_VVD ._. 
He_PPHS1 did_VDD not_XX believe_VVI in_II the_AT mass_JJ salvation_NN1 of_IO "_" isms_NN2 "_" ;_; the_AT world_NN1 would_VM be_VBI made_VVN better_JJR one_MC1 person_NN1 at_II a_AT1 time_NNT1 ._. 
The_AT good_JJ life_NN1 rested_VVN on_II the_AT dignity_NN1 and_CC independence_NN1 of_IO the_AT individual_NN1 ,_, who_PNQS could_VM then_RT do_VDI the_AT hard_JJ work_NN1 required_VVN to_TO sustain_VVI freedom_NN1 in_II a_AT1 democratic_JJ society_NN1 ._. 
Idealism_NN1 often_RR conjures_VVZ up_RP the_AT image_NN1 of_IO naivete_NN1 ,_, of_IO a_AT1 romantic_JJ and_CC impractical_JJ quixotism_NN1 ;_; none_PN of_IO these_DD2 words_NN2 apply_VV0 to_II Brandeis_NP1 ._. 
No_PN121 one_PN122 could_VM have_VHI accomplished_VVN what_DDQ he_PPHS1 did_VDD in_II the_AT legal_JJ profession_NN1 ,_, as_CSA a_AT1 reformer_NN1 ,_, as_CSA a_AT1 Zionist_JJ leader_NN1 ,_, and_CC as_II a_AT1 Supreme_JJ Court_NN1 justice_NN1 without_IW being_VBG tough_JJ and_CC realistic_JJ ._. 
He_PPHS1 did_VDD not_XX tilt_VVI at_II windmills_NN2 nor_CC see_VV0 the_AT world_NN1 through_II rose-colored_JJ glasses_NN2 ._. 
Rather_RR ,_, as_CSA he_PPHS1 once_RR told_VVD his_APPGE daughter_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 believed_VVD life_NN1 to_TO be_VBI hard_JJ ._. 
What_DDQ set_VVD Louis_NP1 Brandeis_NP1 apart_RL ,_, what_DDQ makes_VVZ his_APPGE life_NN1 so_RG interesting_JJ both_RR then_RT and_CC now_RT ,_, is_VBZ how_RRQ he_PPHS1 wedded_VVD this_DD1 idealism_NN1 to_II pragmatism_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 never_RR abandoned_VVD his_APPGE first_MD principles_NN2 ,_, and_CC some_DD of_IO his_APPGE views_NN2 ,_, especially_RR about_II economics_NN1 ,_, reflected_VVD idealism_NN1 more_RRR than_CSN the_AT reality_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 changing_JJ world_NN1 ._. 
Indeed_RR ,_, he_PPHS1 found_VVD much_RR in_II modern_JJ life_NN1 ugly_JJ ,_, impersonal_JJ ,_, and_CC dangerous_JJ to_II the_AT goals_NN2 of_IO a_AT1 democratic_JJ society_NN1 ._. 
In_II this_DD1 ,_, however_RR ,_, he_PPHS1 may_VM have_VHI been_VBN far_RG more_RGR prescient_JJ than_CSN some_DD of_IO his_APPGE critics_NN2 ._. 
Brandeis_NP1 lived_VVD and_CC worked_VVD in_II the_AT real_JJ world_NN1 ,_, and_CC when_RRQ he_PPHS1 confronted_VVD a_AT1 problem_NN1 --_NN1 either_RR as_II a_AT1 lawyer_NN1 or_CC as_II a_AT1 citizen_NN1 --_NN1 he_PPHS1 acted_VVD ,_, and_CC as_CSA he_PPHS1 once_RR explained_VVN ,_, he_PPHS1 worked_VVD on_II the_AT question_NN1 for_IF as_CS31 long_CS32 as_CS33 he_PPHS1 could_VM ,_, trying_VVG to_TO come_VVI up_RP with_IW an_AT1 effective_JJ solution_NN1 ._. 
In_II his_APPGE reforms_NN2 ,_, it_PPH1 is_VBZ always_RR apparent_JJ how_RRQ the_AT idealist_NN1 informed_VVD the_AT pragmatist_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 believed_VVD in_II an_AT1 economic_JJ system_NN1 of_IO free_JJ enterprise_NN1 not_XX because_CS one_PN1 could_VM grow_VVI rich_JJ (_( which_DDQ he_PPHS1 did_VDD )_) but_CCB because_CS the_AT market_NN1 provided_VVD a_AT1 moral_JJ proving_JJ ground_NN1 ._. 
His_APPGE economic_JJ reforms_NN2 ,_, as_II31 well_II32 as_II33 the_AT advice_NN1 he_PPHS1 gave_VVD to_II his_APPGE law_NN1 clients_NN2 ,_, aimed_VVN at_II making_VVG business_NN1 run_VVI not_XX just_RR more_RGR smoothly_RR but_CCB more_RGR honestly_RR ._. 
In_II one_MC1 of_IO his_APPGE first_MD public_NN1 endeavors_VVZ he_PPHS1 helped_VVD the_AT liquor_NN1 lobby_VVI beat_NN1 back_NN1 prohibition_NN1 in_II Massachusetts_NP1 ._. 
People_NN were_VBDR going_VVGK to_TO drink_VVI ,_, he_PPHS1 conceded_VVD ,_, therefore_RR make_VV0 the_AT laws_NN2 regulating_VVG liquor_NN1 fair_JJ to_II all_DB ,_, so_CS21 that_CS22 they_PPHS2 could_VM be_VBI effective_JJ and_CC keep_VV0 the_AT liquor_NN1 dealers_NN2 out_II21 of_II22 politics_NN1 ._. 
When_CS one_MC1 of_IO his_APPGE clients_NN2 complained_VVD about_II labor_NN1 unrest_NN1 at_II his_APPGE factory_NN1 ,_, Brandeis_NP1 discovered_VVD that_CST the_AT workers_NN2 had_VHD a_AT1 legitimate_JJ complaint_NN1 ,_, and_CC he_PPHS1 helped_VVD the_AT manufacturer_NN1 devise_VVI a_AT1 system_NN1 that_CST provided_VVD his_APPGE men_NN2 with_IW steady_JJ employment_NN1 ._. 
Even_CS21 if_CS22 some_DD of_IO his_APPGE proposals_NN2 failed_VVD to_TO work_VVI in_II the_AT long_JJ run_NN1 ,_, they_PPHS2 remain_VV0 noteworthy_JJ for_IF his_APPGE refusal_NN1 to_TO give_VVI up_RP the_AT belief_NN1 that_CST men_NN2 of_IO goodwill_NN1 ,_, once_CS they_PPHS2 knew_VVD all_DB of_IO the_AT facts_NN2 in_II a_AT1 case_NN1 ,_, would_VM be_VBI able_JK to_TO reach_VVI a_AT1 just_JJ solution_NN1 fair_JJ to_II all_DB parties_NN2 ._. 
To_II those_DD2 who_PNQS labored_VVD in_II the_AT vineyard_NN1 of_IO democratic_JJ righteousness_NN1 ,_, as_RR31 it_RR32 were_RR33 ,_, Brandeis_NP1 offered_VVD strong_JJ support_NN1 ;_; to_II those_DD2 who_PNQS would_VM use_VVI their_APPGE power_NN1 to_TO prey_VVI upon_II the_AT weak_JJ ,_, who_PNQS would_VM distort_VVI the_AT values_NN2 he_PPHS1 held_VVD dear_UH ,_, he_PPHS1 proved_VVD an_AT1 implacable_JJ foe_NN1 ._. 
While_CS some_DD critics_NN2 have_VH0 lampooned_VVN his_APPGE fear_NN1 of_IO bigness_NN1 and_CC his_APPGE desire_NN1 to_TO maintain_VVI a_AT1 small-unit_JJ economy_NN1 as_CSA out_II41 of_II42 touch_II43 with_II44 modern_JJ reality_NN1 ,_, recent_JJ abuses_NN2 in_II the_AT banking_NN1 system_NN1 as_II31 well_II32 as_II33 the_AT size_NN1 of_IO multibillion-dollar_JJ mergers_NN2 remind_VV0 us_PPIO2 that_CST Brandeis_NP1 did_VDD not_XX fear_VVI bigness_NN1 because_II21 of_II22 size_NN1 ,_, but_CCB because_II21 of_II22 the_AT effects_NN2 it_PPH1 could_VM have_VHI upon_II society_NN1 ,_, the_AT economy_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT individual_NN1 ._. 
The_AT scandals_NN2 we_PPIS2 have_VH0 seen_VVN in_II the_AT highest_JJT levels_NN2 of_IO government_NN1 and_CC the_AT contempt_NN1 some_DD of_IO our_APPGE elected_JJ leaders_NN2 have_VH0 shown_VVN for_IF the_AT Constitution_NN1 remind_VV0 us_PPIO2 of_IO the_AT need_NN1 for_IF moral_JJ leadership_NN1 and_CC idealistic_JJ visions_NN2 ._. 
Born_VVN a_RR21 little_RR22 more_DAR than_CSN four_MC years_NNT2 before_II Fort_NP1 Sumter_NP1 ,_, Louis_NP1 Dembitz_NP1 Brandeis_NP1 died_VVD just_RR a_AT1 few_DA2 weeks_NNT2 before_II Pearl_NP1 Harbor_NN1 ._. 
In_II his_APPGE eighty-five_MC years_NNT2 he_PPHS1 saw_VVD the_AT Union_NN1 dissolve_VVI and_CC rejoin_VVI ,_, railroads_NN2 span_VV0 and_CC unite_VV0 the_AT nation_NN1 ,_, entrepreneurs_NN2 build_VV0 great_JJ factories_NN2 and_CC then_RT combine_VV0 into_II gigantic_JJ companies_NN2 ,_, a_AT1 war_NN1 for_IF imperialism_NN1 ,_, and_CC a_AT1 war_NN1 to_TO make_VVI the_AT world_NN1 safe_NN1 for_IF democracy_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 chose_VVD to_TO become_VVI a_AT1 lawyer_NN1 ,_, helped_VVD to_TO change_VVI the_AT practices_NN2 and_CC business_NN1 of_IO the_AT profession_NN1 ,_, and_CC then_RT demonstrated_VVD how_RRQ law_NN1 could_VM be_VBI used_VVN as_II an_AT1 instrument_NN1 of_IO reform_NN1 ._. 
A_AT1 nonpracticing_JJ Jew_NN1 who_PNQS did_VDD not_XX believe_VVI in_II religion_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 became_VVD head_NN1 of_IO the_AT American_JJ Zionist_JJ movement_NN1 in_II his_APPGE sixth_MD decade_NNT1 and_CC transformed_VVD it_PPH1 from_II a_AT1 moribund_NN1 sideshow_NN1 into_II a_AT1 powerful_JJ component_NN1 of_IO American_JJ Jewish_JJ life_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 saw_VVD the_AT work_NN1 of_IO rebuilding_VVG Palestine_NP1 into_II a_AT1 modern_JJ Jewish_JJ homeland_NN1 in_II its_APPGE most_RGT idealistic_JJ terms_NN2 ,_, and_CC set_VVD about_RP trying_VVG to_TO achieve_VVI that_DD1 goal_NN1 by_II paying_VVG attention_NN1 to_II the_AT most_RGT basic_JJ and_CC mundane_JJ details_NN2 ._. 
He_PPHS1 argued_VVD that_CST judges_NN2 needed_VVN to_TO take_VVI the_AT facts_NN2 of_IO modern_JJ life_NN1 into_II account_NN1 in_II their_APPGE decisions_NN2 and_CC taught_VVD them_PPHO2 how_RRQ to_TO do_VDI so_RR ._. 
In_II his_APPGE more_DAR than_CSN two_MC decades_NNT2 on_II the_AT Supreme_JJ Court_NN1 he_PPHS1 established_VVD important_JJ bases_NN2 of_IO our_APPGE modern_JJ jurisprudence_NN1 ,_, including_II a_AT1 right_NN1 to_II privacy_NN1 and_CC the_AT rationale_NN1 for_IF why_RRQ free_JJ speech_NN1 is_VBZ important_JJ in_II a_AT1 democratic_JJ society_NN1 ._. 
Even_CS21 when_CS22 he_PPHS1 saw_VVD how_RRQ the_AT law_NN1 could_VM be_VBI twisted_VVN to_TO achieve_VVI the_AT goals_NN2 of_IO narrow-minded_NN1 and_CC selfish_JJ men_NN2 ,_, he_PPHS1 never_RR lost_VVN faith_NN1 in_II the_AT ideal_NN1 of_IO rule_NN1 by_II law_NN1 ._. 
The_AT biographer_NN1 of_IO such_DA a_AT1 man_NN1 should_VM have_VHI no_AT trouble_NN1 explaining_VVG his_APPGE importance_NN1 to_II the_AT times_NNT2 in_II which_DDQ he_PPHS1 lived_VVD ._. 
Historians_NN2 of_IO the_AT legal_JJ profession_NN1 can_VM easily_RR identify_VVI his_APPGE contribution_NN1 to_II the_AT development_NN1 of_IO the_AT modern_JJ law_NN1 office_NN1 ,_, the_AT practice_NN1 of_IO counsel_NN1 to_II the_AT situation_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT establishment_NN1 of_IO pro_JJ bono_NN1 work_NN1 as_II an_AT1 important_JJ element_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 lawyer_NN1 's_GE obligation_NN1 to_II the_AT community_NN1 ._. 
Social_JJ and_CC political_JJ scientists_NN2 see_VV0 Brandeis_NN1 as_II a_AT1 key_JJ figure_NN1 in_II the_AT progressive_JJ movement_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 man_NN1 respected_VVN by_II such_DA diverse_JJ reformers_NN2 as_CSA Theodore_NP1 Roosevelt_NP1 and_CC Jane_NP1 Addams_NP2 ,_, Robert_NP1 La_NP1 Follette_NP1 and_CC Florence_NP1 Kelley_NP1 ._. 
Students_NN2 of_IO American_JJ Jewish_JJ history_NN1 --_NN1 even_RR while_CS wrestling_VVG with_IW the_AT question_NN1 of_IO why_RRQ a_AT1 man_NN1 who_PNQS ignored_VVD religion_NN1 in_RR21 general_RR22 should_VM suddenly_RR become_VVI interested_JJ in_II Zionism_NN1 --_NN1 have_VH0 no_AT doubts_NN2 about_II the_AT impact_NN1 his_APPGE ideas_NN2 made_VVN on_II defining_VVG the_AT relation_NN1 of_IO American_JJ Jewry_NP1 to_II world_NN1 Zionism_NN1 and_CC to_II the_AT Jewish_JJ state_NN1 ._. 
For_IF those_DD2 who_PNQS examine_VV0 the_AT Supreme_JJ Court_NN1 ,_, Brandeis_NP1 remains_VVZ one_MC1 of_IO the_AT great_JJ justices_NN2 in_II the_AT nation_NN1 's_GE history_NN1 ,_, the_AT author_NN1 of_IO important_JJ opinions_NN2 that_CST continue_VV0 to_TO shape_VVI American_JJ jurisprudence_NN1 ._. 
The_AT problem_NN1 for_IF the_AT biographer_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX that_CST Brandeis_NP1 excelled_VVD in_II one_MC1 area_NN1 ,_, or_CC even_RR that_CST he_PPHS1 had_VHD four_MC successful_JJ careers_NN2 ._. 
In_II his_APPGE public_JJ life_NN1 we_PPIS2 can_VM easily_RR track_VVI how_RRQ these_DD2 strands_NN2 intertwined_VVN ,_, how_RRQ he_PPHS1 used_VVD his_APPGE knowledge_NN1 of_IO law_NN1 to_II further_JJR reform_NN1 ,_, how_RRQ the_AT ideas_NN2 he_PPHS1 developed_VVD as_II a_AT1 critique_NN1 of_IO American_JJ society_NN1 at_II the_AT beginning_NN1 of_IO the_AT twentieth_MD century_NNT1 shaped_VVD his_APPGE ideals_NN2 for_IF the_AT Jewish_JJ settlement_NN1 in_II Palestine_NP1 ,_, how_RRQ the_AT knowledge_NN1 he_PPHS1 gained_VVD of_IO the_AT real_JJ world_NN1 influenced_VVN his_APPGE decisions_NN2 on_II the_AT Court_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 liked_VVD to_TO remind_VVI people_NN that_CST he_PPHS1 had_VHD been_VBN a_AT1 practicing_JJ lawyer_NN1 for_IF thirty-nine_MC years_NNT2 before_CS he_PPHS1 donned_VVD the_AT judicial_JJ robes_NN2 ._. 
But_CCB looking_VVG at_II Brandeis_NP1 as_II a_AT1 lawyer_NN1 ,_, or_CC reformer_NN1 ,_, or_CC Zionist_NN1 ,_, or_CC judge_NN1 ,_, or_CC friend_NN1 ,_, or_CC husband_NN1 and_CC father_NN1 will_VM still_RR not_XX give_VVI us_PPIO2 a_AT1 sense_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 man_NN1 who_PNQS is_VBZ certainly_RR greater_JJR than_CSN the_AT sum_NN1 of_IO these_DD2 parts_NN2 ._. 
One_PN1 also_RR has_VHZ to_TO look_VVI at_II the_AT seeming_JJ contradictions_NN2 in_II his_APPGE life_NN1 and_CC try_VV0 to_TO understand_VVI them_PPHO2 ._. 
How_RRQ ,_, for_REX21 example_REX22 ,_, did_VDD a_AT1 man_NN1 who_PNQS ,_, throughout_II his_APPGE life_NN1 ,_, considered_VVD himself_PPX1 a_AT1 conservative_NN1 become_VV0 a_AT1 liberal_JJ icon_NN1 ?_? 
How_RRQ could_VM the_AT man_NN1 who_PNQS waxed_JJ eloquent_JJ on_II the_AT limits_NN2 of_IO any_DD one_MC1 person_NN1 to_TO direct_VVI large_JJ operations_NN2 (_( each_DD1 man_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT1 "_" wee_JJ thing_NN1 "_" )_) micromanage_VV0 the_AT American_JJ Zionist_JJ movement_NN1 for_IF several_DA2 years_NNT2 ?_? 
How_RRQ could_VM someone_PN1 who_PNQS felt_VVD so_RG passionately_RR about_II so_RG many_DA2 things_NN2 appear_VV0 to_II so_RG many_DA2 people_NN as_CSA cold_JJ ,_, austere_JJ ,_, and_CC indifferent_JJ ?_? 
How_RGQ often_RR did_VDD his_APPGE moral_JJ absolutism_NN1 shade_NN1 over_RP into_II self-righteousness_NN1 and_CC intolerance_NN1 of_IO opposition_NN1 ?_? 
How_RRQ does_VDZ one_PN1 square_VVI some_DD of_IO his_APPGE extrajudicial_JJ activities_NN2 with_IW his_APPGE own_DA professed_JJ views_NN2 on_II the_AT limits_NN2 of_IO judicial_JJ office_NN1 ?_? 
The_AT biographer_NN1 's_GE job_NN1 would_VM be_VBI much_RR simpler_JJR had_VHN Brandeis_NN1 been_VBN an_AT1 introspective_JJ man_NN1 ,_, had_VHD he_PPHS1 confided_VVN his_APPGE thoughts_NN2 to_II a_AT1 diary_NN1 ,_, as_CSA Felix_NP1 Frankfurter_NP1 did_VDD ,_, or_CC worn_VVN his_APPGE heart_NN1 on_II his_APPGE sleeve_NN1 ,_, as_CSA did_VDD another_DD1 of_IO Brandeis_NP1 's_GE lieutenants_NN2 ,_, Stephen_NP1 Wise_NP1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 wrote_VVD tens_MC2 of_IO thousands_NNO2 of_IO letters_NN2 in_II his_APPGE lifetime_NNT1 ,_, and_CC although_CS many_DA2 of_IO them_PPHO2 survive_VV0 ,_, very_RG few_DA2 cast_VV0 any_DD light_NN1 on_II the_AT inner_JJ man_NN1 ._. 
We_PPIS2 know_VV0 that_CST he_PPHS1 shared_VVD his_APPGE thoughts_NN2 and_CC his_APPGE views_NN2 on_II life_NN1 with_IW his_APPGE wife_NN1 ,_, Alice_NP1 ,_, but_CCB aside_II21 from_II22 the_AT letters_NN2 he_PPHS1 wrote_VVD while_CS courting_VVG her_PPHO1 ,_, this_DD1 exchange_NN1 of_IO views_NN2 seems_VVZ to_TO have_VHI taken_VVN place_NN1 in_II intimate_JJ conversations_NN2 between_II them_PPHO2 ._. 
He_PPHS1 wrote_VVD to_II her_PPHO1 almost_RR every_AT1 day_NNT1 when_RRQ away_II21 from_II22 home_NN1 as_II31 well_II32 as_II33 to_II his_APPGE brother_NN1 ,_, Alfred_NP1 ,_, and_CC he_PPHS1 spoke_VVD to_II them_PPHO2 of_IO many_DA2 things_NN2 --_NN1 his_APPGE activities_NN2 ,_, the_AT people_NN he_PPHS1 met_VVD ,_, political_JJ gossip_NN1 --_NN1 but_CCB not_XX about_II what_DDQ he_PPHS1 felt_VVD ,_, what_DDQ disappointments_NN2 he_PPHS1 may_VM have_VHI had_VHN ,_, what_DDQ sorrows_NN2 he_PPHS1 endured_VVD ._. 
If_CS at_II times_NNT2 he_PPHS1 seemed_VVD two-dimensional_JJ and_CC unfeeling_JJ to_II his_APPGE contemporaries_NN2 ,_, he_PPHS1 wittingly_RR or_CC not_XX fostered_VVN that_DD1 view_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 told_VVD his_APPGE daughter_NN1 Susan_NP1 that_CST he_PPHS1 spent_VVD more_DAR than_CSN forty_MC years_NNT2 cultivating_VVG a_AT1 "_" general_JJ calm_JJ attitude_NN1 toward_II every_AT1 situation_NN1 ._. "_" 
We_PPIS2 know_VV0 from_II other_JJ sources_NN2 that_CST he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ the_AT object_NN1 of_IO anti-Semitic_JJ sentiment_NN1 ,_, but_CCB from_II his_APPGE letters_NN2 we_PPIS2 have_VH0 no_AT idea_NN1 of_IO how_RRQ he_PPHS1 felt_VVD about_II it_PPH1 or_CC if_CS it_PPH1 affected_VVD him_PPHO1 in_II any_DD way_NN1 ._. 
During_II the_AT bitter_JJ fight_NN1 over_II his_APPGE confirmation_NN1 to_II the_AT Court_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 resented_VVD the_AT charges_NN2 hurled_VVN against_II him_PPHO1 ,_, but_CCB in_II only_RR one_MC1 instance_NN1 did_VDD the_AT exterior_JJ facade_NN1 crack_NN1 to_TO allow_VVI us_PPIO2 a_AT1 glimpse_NN1 of_IO the_AT anger_NN1 he_PPHS1 felt_VVD ._. 
The_AT "_" general_JJ calm_JJ attitude_NN1 "_" apparently_RR protected_VVN him_PPHO1 ,_, but_CCB it_PPH1 also_RR created_VVN a_AT1 shell_NN1 that_CST not_XX only_RR historians_NN2 but_CCB his_APPGE contemporaries_NN2 could_VM not_XX penetrate_VVI ._. 
The_AT man_NN1 who_PNQS invented_VVD the_AT modern_JJ legal_JJ doctrine_NN1 of_IO privacy_NN1 would_VM no_RR21 doubt_RR22 say_VVI that_DD1 is_VBZ as_CSA it_PPH1 should_VM be_VBI ._. 
Years_NNT2 ago_RA ,_, one_MC1 of_IO his_APPGE law_NN1 clerks_NN2 ,_, Professor_NNB Paul_NP1 A._NP1 Freund_NP1 of_IO Harvard_NP1 ,_, told_VVD me_PPIO1 that_CST Brandeis_NP1 had_VHD "_" a_AT1 mind_NN1 of_IO one_MC1 piece_NN1 ._. "_" 
His_APPGE life_NN1 ,_, despite_II its_APPGE many_DA2 different_JJ aspects_NN2 ,_, had_VHD in_II Freund_NP1 's_GE view_NN1 a_AT1 unity_NN1 and_CC an_AT1 internal_JJ consistency_NN1 ,_, and_CC in_II my_APPGE study_NN1 of_IO Brandeis_NN1 I_PPIS1 have_VH0 come_VVN to_TO appreciate_VVI the_AT wisdom_NN1 of_IO that_DD1 insight_NN1 ._. 
In_II a_AT1 similar_JJ analogy_NN1 ,_, Judge_VV0 Learned_JJ Hand_NN1 spoke_VVD of_IO Brandeis_NP1 's_GE life_NN1 as_II a_AT1 "_" tapestry_NN1 "_" whose_DDQGE many_DA2 strands_NN2 make_VV0 the_AT pattern_NN1 ;_; to_TO look_VVI at_II one_MC1 thread_NN1 alone_RR not_XX only_RR destroys_VVZ the_AT whole_NN1 but_CCB gives_VVZ the_AT strand_NN1 itself_PPX1 a_AT1 false_JJ value_NN1 ._. 
In_II this_DD1 work_NN1 I_PPIS1 have_VH0 tried_VVN to_TO show_VVI how_RRQ Brandeis_NP1 's_GE different_JJ careers_NN2 fit_VV0 in_RP with_IW one_PPX121 another_PPX122 ,_, how_RRQ the_AT lawyer_NN1 ,_, the_AT reformer_NN1 ,_, the_AT Zionist_NN1 ,_, the_AT jurist_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT man_NN1 each_DD1 contributed_VVD to_II the_AT tapestry_NN1 and_CC how_RGQ inter-related_JJ they_PPHS2 were_VBDR ._. 
In_II his_APPGE life_NN1 and_CC his_APPGE work_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ always_RR the_AT idealistic_JJ pragmatist_NN1 ,_, one_PN1 whose_DDQGE faith_NN1 in_II time_NNT1 remained_VVD great_JJ ._. 
