(Holmes, 3).

             There are also other forces that control and determine the growth and the content of law, and these are that there are certain fallacies involved, like for example, the only thing that works within law is 'logic'. In general, one assumes that, for example, when one thinks about the Universe, that there is in fact a quantitative relation between every phenomenon that occurs, and if there isn't a relation of this kind, then it would be a miracle, that transcends cause and effect, and becomes something outside our comprehension. Therefore, it would be better if one were to go about it rationally, and in the same manner, when one would initiate to think about Law; one must be able to think that it is the result of a logical development, and not derived as a miracle. (Holmes, 7).

             At the same time, one must be careful while analyzing that this is not a mathematical problem, with a single right and a single wrong; once a judge was overheard stating that he would make a final decision only if he was absolutely sure that he was right; even though this type of thought is natural, it is not really apt. During the study of law, students are expected to use logic in their studies, and the related processes of analogy, deduction, and differentiation, and the basic human longing for certainty is satisfied thus, but the real fact is, this is an illusion. (Holmes, 4) The development of law is a process that has been going on for thousands of years, and following a sort of spontaneous growth. Most of the time, it was but an imitation of what happened the generation before, and this is how it proceeds, because, after all, imitation is the best form of flattery, and what our forefathers had said applies today, and tomorrow as well. (Holmes, 7).

             When an individual, for example, wants to find out exactly how a particular law originated, all he does is refer to a Year Book, where what his forefathers had stated would be recorded, and this would give him the answer.