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: Orest Subtelny is a Canadian historian of Ukrainian descent. Born in Kraków, General Government in German-occupied Poland, he received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1973.
