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-Ferdinand Ramuz
Born: September 24, 1878
Died: May 23, 1947 (aged 68)
Bio: Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz was a French-speaking Swiss writer.
Known for:
- La grande peur dans la montagne (1926)
- Vie de Samuel Belet (1913)
- Beauty on Earth
- The reign of the evil one (1922)
- When the mountain fell (1947)