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: Al-Hasan ibn Abi-l-Hasan al-Basri <r;, also known as Hasan al-Basri, was a well-known Muslim preacher, theologian, and scholar of Islam who was born in 642 from Persian parents.
