Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Allen Drury
Born: September 2, 1918
Died: September 2, 1998 (aged 80)
Bio: Allen Stuart Drury was an American novelist. He wrote the 1959 novel Advise and Consent, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960.
Known for:
- A Shade of Difference (1962)
- Preserve and Protect (1968)
- Capable of Honor (1966)
- A God Against the Gods (1976)