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 Richard Weld
Born: August, 1813
Died: January 15, 1869 (aged 55)
Bio: Charles Richard Weld was an English writer, known as a historian of the Royal Society.
Known for:
- A history of the Royal society (1848)
- A Vacation in Brittany (1856)
- The Pyrenees, West and East (1859)