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.
Modris Eksteins
Born: 1943 (age 81)
Bio: Modris Eksteins is a Canadian historian with a special interest in German history and modern culture.
Known for:
- Rites of Spring (1989)
- Solar Dance (2012)
- Walking Since Daybreak (1999)
- The limits of reason (1975)
- Nineteenth-Century Germany (1983)