In a philosophical sense, the consequences [consequence] of an act go forward to eternity, and the causes of an event go back to the dawn of human events [human event], and beyond. But any attempt to impose responsibility upon such a basis would result in infinite liability for all wrongful acts [wrongful act], and would "set society on edge and fill the courts with endless litigation". As a practical matter, legal responsibility must be limited to those causes which are so closely connected with te result and of such singnificance that the law is justified in imposing liability. Some boundary must be set to liability. Some boundary must be set to liability for the consequences of any act, upon the basis of some social idea of justice or policy.