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.
David Brion Davis
Born: February 16, 1927
Died: April 14, 2019 (aged 92)
Bio: David Brion Davis was an American intellectual and cultural historian, and a leading authority on slavery and abolition in the Western world.
Known for:
- The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture (1966)
- Slavery and human progress (1984)