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.
Donald Kagan
Born: May 1, 1932
Died: August 6, 2021 (aged 89)
Bio: Donald Kagan was an American historian and classicist at Yale University specializing in ancient Greece, notable for his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War. He taught in the Department of History at Cornell University.
Known for:
- The Western Heritage (1979)
- On the Origins of War (1995)
- The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (1969)
- The Archidamian war (1974)