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THE TRAIN TICKET
What can you learn from this legendary story?

The late Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes was on a train one day when the railroad ticket-checker began walking down the car, checking tickets.

As the ticket-checker approached, he watched Holmes search his wallet, unable to find his ticket. Frustrated, Holmes then checked each of his pockets. Still no ticket.

Holmes grew increasingly agitated with himself as he went through his briefcase, still unable to find his ticket.

The ticket-checker had finally made his way to Holmes’ seat.

“Justice Holmes,” he said, laughing, “I know who you are.

Everyone knows who you are. There’s no need to show me your ticket.”

“No, sir, that’s not the problem,” said Justice Holmes. “The problem is that I can’t remember where I’m going.”

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