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.
Helen Maria Williams
Born: June 17, 1762
Died: December 15, 1827 (aged 65)
Bio: Helen Maria Williams was a British novelist, poet, and translator of French-language works.
Known for:
- Letters Written in France (1790)
- Helen Williams and the French Revolution
- Peru and Peruvian Tales
- Poems 1786
- Poems, moral, elegant and pathetic (1796)