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.
Charles Fenno Hoffman
Born: February 7, 1806
Died: June 7, 1884 (aged 78)
Bio: Charles Fenno Hoffman was an American author, poet and editor associated with the Knickerbocker Group in New York.
Known for:
- Greyslaer (1840)
- A Winter in the Far West (1835)
- The vigil of faith, and other poems (1842)