Translated by E. Ray Lankester, The History of Creation, Or, The Development of the Earth and Its, Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes (Volume 1) (4th edition), Chapter III (p. 71)
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.
