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.
Patrick Shaw-Stewart
Born: August 17, 1888
Died: December 30, 1917 (aged 29)
Bio: Patrick Houston Shaw-Stewart was an Eton College and Oxford scholar and poet of the Edwardian era who died on active service as a battalion commander in the British Royal Naval Division during the First World War.