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.
Bio: Harriet Auber was an English poet and hymnist. She was the daughter of a Church of England clerygman. Her actual name was Henriette, but she was known as Harriet.
