“The ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas. The best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market. We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of 

Jack Gregory, "The ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas. The best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market. We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country." --Oliver Wendell Holmes, Abrams vs. United States, 1919. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1954, opaque watercolor on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.111
Jack Gregory, "The ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas. The best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market. We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of , 1954, opaque watercolor on canvas, 30 1⁄4 x 25 1⁄8 in. (76.8 x 63.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.111

Artwork Details

Title
“The ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas. The best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market. We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country.” –Oliver Wendell Holmes, Abrams vs. United States, 1919. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
Artist
Date
1954
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
30 1⁄4 x 25 1⁄8 in. (76.8 x 63.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Container Corporation of America
Mediums
Mediums Description
opaque watercolor on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure male — head
Object Number
1984.124.111
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1984.124.111

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James K. Polk
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pencil
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Leonard Baskin, Head of Rembrandt, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Woodward Foundation, 1976.108.19
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Leonard Baskin, Andrew Johnson, pencil, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1977.47.34
Andrew Johnson
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Leonard Baskin, Self-Portrait, 1971, lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Frederick P. Nause and Rebecca Nause, 1972.104.1
Self-Portrait
Artist
Date1971
lithograph
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