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.
Morris Bishop
Born: April 15, 1893
Died: November 20, 1973 (aged 80)
Bio: Morris Gilbert Bishop was an American scholar, historian, biographer, essayist, translator, anthologist and versifier.
Known for:
- Petrarch and his world (1963)
- The widening stain (1942)
- A medieval storybook (1970)
- A gallery of eccentrics (1928)
- A Survey of French Literature (1955)