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.
Henry Pleasants
Born: February 16, 1833
Died: March 26, 1880 (aged 47)
Bio: Henry Clay Pleasants was a coal mining engineer and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.