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: Louise Amelia Knapp Clappe was born in New Jersey, spent most of her youth and young adult life in Massachusetts, and later moved out West to California with her husband Fayette Clapp.
