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.
John Livingston Lowes
Born: December 20, 1867
Died: August 15, 1945 (aged 77)
Bio: John Livingston Lowes was an American scholar and critic of English literature, specializing in Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Geoffrey Chaucer.
Known for:
- Convention and revolt in poetry (1919)
- Of Reading Books - Four Essays (1929)
- Art of Geoffrey Chaucer (1930)